2024 Kia EV9 price and specs: New electric seven-seat SUV priced from $97,000 to $121,000

Australian prices and specifications have been released for the Kia EV9 – one of the first electric seven-seat SUVs to be sold locally – as the first shipment begins to arrive in showrooms.

As expected, prices are close to or in excess of $100,000 before on-road costs such as registration, stamp duty and arbitrary dealer delivery fees are added.

There are initially three models in the Kia EV9 range in Australia:

Dealers have been advised the first shipments of the Kia EV9 due to arrive in Australia will be the base model Air and the flagship GT-Line.

There is a delay in the local arrival of the middle-of-the-range Earth model, which is due to follow in a few months.

The EV9 is not the first seven-seat electric SUV sold in Australia; the Tesla Model X was available with seven seats before deliveries ceased locally in 2020, and the smaller Mercedes-Benz EQB is available with seven seats.

However it is the largest electric seven-seat SUV sold in Australia – and the first from a car maker in the Top 5 sellers.

The price range of $97,000 to $121,000 plus on-road costs makes the Kia EV9 the most expensive Kia sold in Australia to date.

The company says it has received interest from customers in wealthier postcodes who have not previously owned a Kia.

With only 100 examples of the Kia EV9 arriving nationally each month next year, Kia dealers estimate wait times will range from three to four months.

The Kia EV9 is based on the South Korean car maker's new, dedicated electric-car platform – rather than a remake of a petrol-powered SUV – and is the largest battery-powered vehicle from the company to date.

Because of its size – and battery capacity – the Kia EV9 is also the heaviest passenger vehicle ever sold by the company, ranging in weight from 2312kg to 2636kg, putting in Toyota LandCruiser territory.