If you've been waiting for an electric SUV that doesn't ask you to choose between range, space and not looking like a doorstop, the Kia EV9 is the one. Three rows of usable seats, a calmly designed cabin, and a real-world 480 km of range on the Long Range RWD spec.
We took it on a Sydney—Newcastle round trip with three kids, two booster seats and a week's worth of luggage. Charging stops were genuinely fine. The infotainment finally feels like Kia caught up to the rest of the industry.
The catch: as you climb the spec ladder the price climbs hard. Stick to the Earth or Air spec and the EV9 is one of the great electric family cars. Push to GT-Line and you're in territory where you should be looking at the EX90 instead.
