2021 Kia e-Niro '2'
Was £29,595
At launch in 2021. No longer sold new.
39 kWh FWD
Cost
- Price On the road when Kia expanded the range in summer 2020, after the £3,000 Plug-in Car Grant of the day: £32,595 before it.
- £29,595
- Price per mile
- £164
Battery
- Battery
- 39.2 kWh
- Battery chemistry Kia calls it lithium-ion polymer. NMC packs are usually happier kept below 100% for daily charging.
- NMC
- Battery (usable)
- 39 kWh
- Heats itself to charge Whether it warms its own cells so it can still take a charge below freezing. Without one, a cold night is a night it does not fill up.
- Yes
Range
- Range WLTP combined. The 2018 release quoted 179 miles.
- 180 miles
- Efficiency Converted from Kia's combined figure of 153 Wh per km.
- 4.1 mi/kWh
Charging
- Max fast charge power DC
- 44 kW Unconfirmed
- Fastest charge time 10-80%
- 47 mins Unconfirmed
- AC charge power
- 7.2 kW
- AC charge time 0 to 100% on a 7.2 kW wallbox. £50 off a home charge point
- 6h 10m
- Wall plug charge time (2.3 kW) 0 to 100% on a 3-pin plug. 15% off an EVDANCE charger
- 18h
- Heat pump A heat pump warms the cabin on a fraction of the electricity a resistive heater uses, so it is the difference between losing a tenth of your range in winter and losing a third.
- No
- Autocharge Autocharge is Fastned and Osprey's way of starting a charge without an app or a card: you plug in and the charger recognises the car. This one should work, but neither network has confirmed it yet.
- Yes
Performance
- Drive
- FWD
- Top speed
- 96 mph
- Acceleration 0 to 60 mph.
- 9.5 secs
- Motor
- 100 kW
- Horsepower 100 kW, quoted by Kia as 136 PS in Europe and 134 bhp in the UK.
- 134 hp
- Torque Both batteries produce the same torque.
- 395 Nm
Details
- Towing
- No
- Towing capacity
- 0 kg
- Seating
- 5 seats
Dimensions
- Turning circle
- 10.6 metres
- Length
- 4,375 mm
- Width Mirrors folded
- 1,805 mm
- Height 1,570 mm with the roof rails.
- 1,560 mm
- Weight Kerb weight.
- 1,667 kg
- Roof rack
- Yes
- Boot volume VDA. There is a further compartment under the boot floor for the charging cables.
- 451 litres
- Boot volume (max) With seats down
- 1,405 litres
- Frunk volume
- 0 litres
- Wheelbase
- 2,700 mm
Tech
- V2L (3-pin socket)
- No
- Android Auto
- Yes
- Apple CarPlay
- Yes
- Over-the-air updates
- No
What you get
Exterior
- 17" alloy wheels Standard
- Projection headlights Standard
- Front fog lights Standard
- Privacy glass Standard
- Roof rails Standard
- Rain sensing wipers Standard
- Power folding, heated door mirrors Standard
Warranty
- Seven year, 100,000 mile warranty Standard
Technology
- 8" touchscreen Standard
- Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Standard
- 7" digital instrument cluster Standard
- DAB radio Standard
Safety and driver assistance
- Adaptive cruise control with stop and go Standard
- Forward collision avoidance assist Standard
- Lane keep assist Standard
- Lane follow assist Standard
- Reversing camera Standard
- Rear parking sensors Standard
Customer options
- Premium paint Optional
Seating and comfort
- Part cloth and leather upholstery Standard
- Driver's power lumbar support Standard
- Automatic air conditioning, single zone Standard
- 60:40 split folding rear seats Standard
Charging and driving
- Regenerative braking paddles Standard
- Smart entry with start button Standard
- Electronic parking brake Standard
Sockets
What you plug into the car, and the fastest it will take through each.
-
CCS
DC
of 4
What it costs to run
A full charge at home could cost £3.12, or 2p per mile.*
- Cost of a full charge
- £3.12
Based on Intelligent Octopus Go, an EV tariff from Octopus Energy (£50 off when you switch). * At 8p a unit, using the manufacturer's WLTP efficiency figure. What you actually pay depends on how, and where, you drive.
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Kia warranty
- Vehicle
- 7 years or 100,000 miles
- High voltage battery
- 8 years
The battery pack and motors are covered for eight years. Servicing is every 24 months or 20,000 miles.
Specifications correct as of 3 October 2026. Source: Kia e-Niro press release, Paris Motor Show 2018, Kia UK Niro specification sheets of February 2019 and January 2021, and Kia UK's 2020 e-Niro '4' release.
