{"slug": "kia-ev3-to-give-americans-a-cheap-electric-car-option", "title": "Kia EV3 To Give Americans A Cheap Electric Car Option", "summary": "Kia will launch the EV3 in the United States with a starting price of $31,385 for the base trim, offering about 220 miles of range, while the top GT AWD trim costs $47,385 and all other trims provide 321 miles of range. The EV3 is expected to become the cheapest electric car on the US market as the Chevrolet Bolt is phased out, according to CleanTechnica.", "body_md": "# Kia EV3 To Give Americans A Cheap Electric Car Option\n\n*Support CleanTechnica's work through*[a Substack subscription](https://cleantechnica.substack.com/subscribe),[on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/cleantechnica), or[on Stripe](https://cleantechnica.fundjournalism.org/contribute/). Help us produce all of the[high-quality, original content we publish week after week](https://cleantechnica.com/2026/07/14/10/)despite the challenges of content-scraping AI, antisocial media, inflation, and other hurdles.Most of the time, new electric car models in the United States are located way up in the premium vehicle territory. Well, nowadays, you hardly get any new electric vehicles at all in the country, since the Trump administration has been busy gutting clean air standards, fuel economy standards, and EV subsidies. But the categories that still move a lot of electric metal are ones where the buyer is paying for the premium driving quality of electric cars and the convenience of home charging. So, I have to say that it’s a little surprising Kia is even still bringing a new EV to the market, especially a small, cheap one.\n\nThe Kia EV3 is definitely one of my favorite electric cars on the market on this side of the globe, as it has been since it was introduced. (If we include China, there are way too many other options there with superb styling, amazing tech, great specs, and highly compelling pricing.) I love smaller cars — one big reason I bought the BMW i3 twice. The EV3 is small, yet classy and useful, and gives American buyers a rare electric option on the lower end of the market. In fact, it will probably become the cheapest electric car on the US market eventually.\n\nWeird statement, I know. The thing is: it won’t undercut the price of the Chevrolet Bolt, but the Bolt is not supposed to remain on the market for long.\n\nThe little Kia EV3 will start at $31,385. And that’s for about 220 miles of range. However, for those who love the vehicle but really want to jazz it up, the highest trim will be about 50% more expensive, costing you $47,385 (that would be the GT AWD trim). For those who want more range, all of the trims above the base trim offer 321 miles of range.\n\n*Sign up for*\n\n[CleanTechnica's Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott's in-depth analyses and high level summaries](https://cleantechnica.substack.com/subscribe), sign up for[our daily newsletter](https://mailchi.mp/cleantechnica/daily-newsletter), and[follow us on Google News](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqLQgKIidDQklTRndnTWFoTUtFV05zWldGdWRHVmphRzVwWTJFdVkyOXRLQUFQAQ)!*Have a tip for CleanTechnica? Want to advertise? Want to suggest a guest for our CleanTech Talk podcast?*\n\n[Contact us here](https://cleantechnica.com/contact/).*Sign up for our daily newsletter for*\n\n[15 new cleantech stories a day](https://mailchi.mp/cleantechnica/daily-newsletter). Or sign up for[our weekly one on top stories of the week](https://mailchi.mp/cleantechnica/weekly-newsletter)if daily is too frequent.\n\n*CleanTechnica uses affiliate links. See our policy*\n\n[here](https://cleantechnica.com/cleantechnica-editorial-ethics/).[CleanTechnica's Comment Policy](https://cleantechnica.com/cleantechnica-comment-policy/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kia-ev3-to-give-americans-a-cheap-electric-car-option", "canonical_source": "https://cleantechnica.com/2026/08/25/kia-ev3-to-give-americans-a-cheap-electric-car-option/", "published_at": "2026-08-26 03:50:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 04:42:33.737701+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["autonomous-vehicles"], "entities": ["Kia", "EV3", "Chevrolet Bolt", "CleanTechnica"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kia-ev3-to-give-americans-a-cheap-electric-car-option", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kia-ev3-to-give-americans-a-cheap-electric-car-option.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kia-ev3-to-give-americans-a-cheap-electric-car-option.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/kia-ev3-to-give-americans-a-cheap-electric-car-option.jsonld"}}