The Kia EV2 Long Range falls under 300 km once the test hits 120 km/h

At a GPS-locked 120 km/h, Bjørn Nyland’s Kia EV2 Long Range used 209 Wh/km. Set against the 58 kWh his scanner showed at a full charge, that rate supports 277 km, which he summarised as a little under 300 km. Autocar’s specification table for the Long Range Air lists 275 miles, about 443 km. TV2 Broom’s Norwegian Exclusive is listed at 430 km WLTP. The steady high-speed run sits under both listings.

Nyland published the range session on 1 October 2026. At 90 km/h the trip computer showed 141 Wh/km. A reference distance of 152 km came up as 153 km on the car, and he moved the figure to 142 Wh/km. On 58 kWh, 142 Wh/km points to about 408 km, near his summary of around 400 km. The session did not empty the pack at a steady 90 km/h.

The high-speed leg held 120 km/h on GPS with the speedometer at 125. The computer showed 208 Wh/km, corrected to 209 on the same odometer check. At a displayed 10% the scanner showed 5.1 kWh left, against 5.8 kWh if 58 kWh were a straight scale. Nyland treated about 61 kWh as gross and about 58 kWh as the full charge he read.

Autocar’s Richard Lane, in a review published 28 August 2026, recorded motorway touring at 3.3 miles per kWh, which the magazine converts to 192 miles on the 58.3 kWh usable capacity printed beside a 61.0 kWh total. The same test’s simulated everyday route returned 5.9 miles per kWh, or 344 miles. Lane writes that only the Ford Puma Gen-E did better on that everyday measure, at 6.2 miles per kWh. The 192-mile and 344-mile figures are the test. The 275-mile row is the table.

The table’s 4.1 miles per kWh, times 58.3 kWh, is about 239 miles, so that row and the 275-mile row are not one result. The measured economy is in the body of the review.

William Meerschaut, for Autonieuws on 5 October 2026, recorded about 18 kWh/100 km in a 61 kWh Long Range, against 14 to 15 kWh/100 km in the 42.2 kWh car, on a drive with a lot of fast motorway. On Autocar’s 58.3 kWh usable, 18 kWh/100 km is about 324 km. His mixed-use estimate is 15 to 16 kWh/100 km, and the 350 to 375 km he calls realistic comes from those figures.

TV2 Broom, published 3 October 2026, drove an Exclusive Long Range around an 82.8 km loop at about 10°C on dry roads: 60 and 80 km/h rural stretches, slower urban bits, and 100 km/h motorway, with the same start and stop. Consumption was 13.5 kWh/100 km. The gauge fell from 84% to 65%. Broom divides that 19-point drop into the distance and gets about 435 km, a bit longer than Kia’s 430 km. Broom describes the 430 km listing as the result of measurements under optimal conditions at 23°C.

The loop was not a 120 km/h hold, and the spec box calls the pack 61 kWh net. Nyland’s scanner and Autocar’s usable figure are about 58 to 58.3 kWh. At 13.5 kWh/100 km, 58 kWh supports about 430 km and 61 kWh about 452 km. Broom’s “a bit longer”, taken from the percent gauge, and a straight energy calculation are different results from the same loop.

The EV2 also did better than most rivals in our rapid-charge test, although it couldn't quite match its class-topping 118kW claimed rate, instead managing a moderate weighted average from 10-90% of 84kW.

Broom states a maximum of 118 kW and about 30 minutes from 10% to 80% on the 61 kWh pack, which it says would average around 85 kW. Broom did not time a session. The measured 84 kW and the inferred 85 kW sit together. The claimed peak is 118 kW.

Nyland’s 1,000 km run finished on the morning of 1 October and was posted on 5 October. A full charge displayed 58 kWh. He said current is supposed to cap at 350 amps. One stretch showed about 290 volts and 90 kW, then 102 kW on that cap. At 26% he read 109 kW, flat, still at 350 amps. A stop from about 3% to 71% took 28 minutes, and power at 71% was 74 kW. An arrival at 10% was taking 104 kW. The last stop began near 24°C, still held back by a cold battery and not yet at 100 kW; 6% to 21% took 7 minutes.

A separate 120 km/h stretch read 327 Wh/km while the pack was cooling. That is not the 209 Wh/km steady-speed result. He expected the final leg nearer 250 Wh/km, and said cabin draw of about 1.2 kW at 120 km/h adds 10 Wh/km. He logged 10 hours and 56 minutes, entered as 10:55. The car still showed 17% because the last charge overshot the distance left, which he said would change the time by one or two minutes. On his list an MG4 and an ID.3 Pure were faster, an Inster slower, and the EV2 matched a Renault 5. The finish morning was 12°C and windless.

Autocar lists the 61 kWh Air at £24,245 after a £3,750 grant, and a GT-Line S at £32,595. The smaller Chinese LFP pack qualifies only for £1,500; the Hungarian NMC pack qualifies for the larger grant. Broom lists an Air from 279,900 kroner and the Exclusive Long Range from 349,900. Autonieuws puts the cheapest big-battery version at €33,890 or more. None of those prices changes the 209 Wh/km at a GPS-locked 120 km/h.