Overview
- The PV5 Cargo Long Range with a 71.2 kWh battery covered 693.38 km (430.84 miles) on September 30 north of Frankfurt on a 58.2 km route repeated 12 times in real traffic.
- Kia states the record vehicle carried its maximum authorised payload of 665 kg, though several reports cite a higher 790 kg figure.
- The drive lasted 22 hours 30 minutes with the charging port and cargo sealed, continuous GPS and in‑cabin video, and verification by TÜV Hessen and buck Vermessung.
- Commercial vehicle journalist George Barrow and HMETC senior engineer Christopher Nigemeier alternated at the wheel for the attempt.
- The result comfortably tops the model’s roughly 258‑mile WLTP brochure range and showcases Kia’s PBV strategy on the E‑GMP.S platform for electric commercial fleets.