Some electric vehicles shout about their technology; others simply get on with the job. The Kia PV5 manages to do both. It’s Kia’s first purpose-built electric van, but also one of the cleverest family EVs on sale – a combination that explains why it’s already been crowned International Van of the Year 2026 and holds a Guinness World Record for the longest distance travelled by an electric van, covering 430 miles on an urban route.
This isn’t just a converted van with a battery shoved underneath. The PV5 is the first in Kia’s new Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) family – a modular, all-electric range designed from the ground up on a new E-GMP.S platform. It’s a skateboard-style setup that allows the same underpinnings to support everything from a workhorse Cargo version to the five-seat Passenger model driven here, and even upcoming wheelchair-accessible and seven-seat derivatives.
