00:05The thing most people can agree on is
00:08vacation is nice. Going on a trip into a
00:13different country is always quite
00:15relaxing, but a trend especially among
00:18younger people is to either stay in
00:20their own country or at least to not
00:23take the plane. Instead they take a
00:25camper or a van. And one of a few purely
00:29electric vans on the market is Kia's
00:31PV5. We'll check it out right now.
00:33Welcome to REF!
00:40The general driving impression in the PV5
00:43is very good, very comfortable. Of course
00:47you sit rather high and you have a good
00:49overview of the road and additionally it
00:53is very silent so you don't hear a lot of
00:55wind noises, you don't hear too much tire
00:58noises, so this car is ideally suited for
01:01long-distance trips.
01:07The PV5 is available with two different
01:10battery sizes 51.5 and 71.2 kilowatt
01:14hours. The maximum range for the bigger
01:17battery 412 kilometers according to WLTP
01:20and for the smaller one 295 kilometers.
01:24Both of these are quite good figures so
01:28there should not be any problem taking
01:30it for a long-distance trip, especially
01:31if you charge both batteries it will
01:34take you around 30 minutes to go from
01:3610 to 80 percent.
01:48The interior of the PV5 is kept rather
01:51simple but that is by no means a bad thing.
01:54You have everything you need, buttons at
01:56the steering wheel. The only thing I miss is
02:00physical buttons for climate control. You
02:02have to do that with the touchscreen or by
02:04voice recognition. It is what it is nowadays. A lot of
02:08cars have it like that.
02:16What I like though is that you don't have
02:19touch buttons so these are physical
02:21buttons and a quite nice solution to
02:24deactivate the speed warning is you
02:26simply keep the mute button pressed and
02:28then it will mute the warnings and that
02:30is very good.
02:37The seats are very comfortable and as you
02:40can tell you have some nice armrests on
02:42the right and on the left so while
02:44you're driving you will feel somewhat
02:47presidential, quite relaxed while driving
02:51and I think it will be even better in the
02:53back. Let's check it out.
03:01What should I tell you? This is the moment
03:03that you realize all the time you've been
03:05telling people there is quite some space
03:07in the back. There is headroom, there is
03:09legroom. There is no legroom or headroom
03:12in other cars. This is what you call
03:15legroom and this is what you call headroom.
03:18Of course, it's a van. You would expect it
03:21but when you sit inside it just feels so
03:25good. You have so much space even if
03:27you're sitting with three people back
03:29here, it's really nice.
03:36Of course, you have all the amenities you
03:38need, some USB-C sockets, openings for the
03:42ventilation and also additional power
03:46outputs to, for example, charge anything
03:49that does not have a USB connection.
03:52So nothing in the way of a very good
03:56weekend camping trip or just a long
03:59distance trip without camping.
04:05As you might be able to tell, there is
04:08quite some space in this car and with
04:11all the compartments combined you can fit
04:13up to 3615 liters in this car and that's
04:18simply amazing.
04:23The only thing I don't really like is
04:25that you can't take out the rear seats
04:27so you will have to find a mattress that
04:29is higher at the back and lower at the
04:32front. I've seen quite a few of these on
04:34different websites so it should not be
04:36any problem finding the right one for you.
04:44For those who don't want to sleep inside
04:46of the car, you can also add a roof tent.
04:49There are six points on the car where you
04:50can add a roof rail and then put a roof
04:53tent on top and that way you can sleep
04:55outside. The official figure for the
04:57maximum weight is 100 kilograms but that
05:00is only the official figure that you will
05:03have in the papers. It can of course hold
05:05quite a bit more so sleeping up there
05:07with two people should not be any problem.
05:15What's also quite nice about the PV5 is
05:17it has a lot of storage compartments.
05:20One is for example right here under the
05:22front seats and if you open that up you
05:24will see you can easily fit two one or
05:28one and a half liter bottles in there.
05:29That's quite nice.
05:37The version with the bigger battery can
05:39tow up to 1.5 tons so if you manage to
05:44fill the complete interior and still need
05:46space you can add a trailer to your car
05:49and then put whatever you need inside of
05:53that.
05:58The smaller version of the PV5 has a power
06:02output of 89 kilowatts 122 horsepower and the bigger
06:07one has 120 kilowatts 163 horsepower.
06:11That way both versions are not really sporty.
06:14The faster one takes around 10 and a half seconds
06:18from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour and the smaller one almost 13 seconds.
06:24And both versions are capped at a top speed of 135 kilometers an hour.
06:31So no matter if you plan a long distance trip or if you
06:35just drive from A to B on a daily basis you won't be going very fast.
06:42The new PV5 passenger starts at just over 38 000 euros in Germany.
06:49Like most bands it's also available as a cargo version which drops the rear seats and windows,
06:55making room for 4.4 cubic meters of cargo space.
07:00In Germany the starting price for this version is under 40 000 euros.
07:07All in all the PV5 is a very roomy car with some nice solutions when it comes to storing away
07:13things.
07:13It also has a decent purely electric range and it offers place for up to four people
07:19on a camping trip with two sleeping in the car and two sleeping in a roof tent.
07:25The Kia PV5 is a roomy EV with a comfortable ride, decent range and some clever features.
07:32Though it's drive trains aren't too powerful and it lacks physical climate control buttons.
07:38Still, Kia's seven-year warranty should give buyers peace of mind.
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