Kia UK plans to launch its brand-new and disruptive electric van business at the 2025 Commercial Vehicle (CV) Show this April.Dominating Kia’s show stand will be the PV5 – the brand’s first fully electric van – for its UK debut where specification and other customer centric information will be announced. Proudly taking position on stand 5C95, Kia will also deliver an insight into its first ever commercial vehicle business plans.First seen at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2024, Kia announced its new commercial vehicle business with the acronym, PBV. An overarching naming strategy referring to ‘Purpose Built Vehicle’ and ‘Platform Beyond Vehicle’, highlighting the methodology and technology used by these pioneering vehicles to satisfy the varying needs of commercial customers.Exclusively for the UK, PBV will mean ‘Professional Business Vans’, tailoring the business to the preferred language for commercial vehicles across the country. This self-explanatory term will be used to spearhead Kia UK’s commercial vehicle business and denominate Kia’s van centres across the UK.
Disruptive by nature, the mid-size PV5 establishes a new benchmark for electric vans thanks to a pioneering combination of attributes never seen before in the UK market.The PV5 electric-only van is built on a dedicated EV platform and designed for work across domains including delivery, utilities and ride hailing. The PV5 will be available in three main forms; a panel van, a chassis cab and a passenger variant. The chassis cab is particularly unusual in the mid-size van market and offers further scope for diverse customer needs and customisation.Every Kia PBV product will come with an industry-leading seven-year/100,000-mile warranty as standard. Kia’s partnership with Geotab and on-board technology, including native access to the Android App store on the van’s central display, ensure fleets can benefit from the latest software solutions.