Kia EV2: UK pricing and specs revealed Kia has just dropped full UK pricing and specs for the EV2, its smallest and most affordable electric car to date. It's a five-seat compact SUV, it does up to 281 miles on a charge, and it starts at £27,995 OTR, with the potential to come down further if the Government's Electric Car Grant is confirmed. Here's everything you need to know. The Kia EV2 is a compact electric SUV, a B-segment five-seater, sitting below the EV3 in Kia's growing electric family. It was officially unveiled at the Brussels Motor Show earlier this year, and it's been designed, engineered and built exclusively for Europe, rolling off the production line in Žilina, Slovakia. Think of it as Kia doing what Kia does well: packing a genuinely impressive amount of car into an accessible price point, without cutting corners on the bits you actually use every day. Two batteries, two different approaches Standard range (42.2kWh) Only available on the First Edition. This is the quicker of the two motors, pushing 144bhp and hitting 0-62mph in 8.7 seconds. It charges from 10-80% in just 29 minutes on a 150kW DC charger. Great if most of your driving is local and you want a bit more punch. Long range (61.0kWh) Available on Air, GT-Line and GT-Line S. Slightly less powerful at 133bhp, and a touch slower off the line at 9.5 seconds, but you get that headline 281-mile range. It charges from 10-80% in 30 minutes on DC, and a full top-up on an 11kW home charger takes around 7 hours 15 minutes, so it's basically an overnight job. All variants top out at 100mph and produce 250Nm of torque. The trim levels Air (£27,995) is the entry point, and it's genuinely well-equipped. You get 16-inch alloys,