Kia Expands Soul-EV Availability in U.S.

Apr 10, 2015

Kia Motors America (KMA) has announced that it will be expanding the availability of the SOUL EV to an additional five states over the next year. Currently this all-new electric model is only available in California, but because of the successful sales of the model, the brand has now chosen to extend its availability into Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.

Throughout each of the five states, select dealerships will be chosen to sell the EV models. The locations of these dealerships will be announced closer to the actual release date with more locations becoming available early next year.

“From the inception of the Soul EV program, Kia’s sales strategy has been progressive and pragmatic,” said Orth Hedrick, vice president of product planning, KMA. “With the level of demand and supporting infrastructure in the state, California was a natural place to start, but we’ve been carefully studying other markets. Between consumer reaction to the Soul EV and growing infrastructure programs in these five states, this is a logical – and exciting – next step in our rollout plan.”