Kia EV2, EV4 hatch: Why these new electric cars won’t come to Australia

Kia has ruled out two new European-made electric cars for Australia as even the smaller of the two could cost more than $60,000 drive-away.The pint-sized Kia EV2 electric SUV could cost more than the larger EV3 and EV5 – at close to $60,000 drive-away – if sold in Australia, the car giant has revealed.It is for this reason – the high cost of building a new car in Europe and shipping it to Australia – that the EV2 and Kia’s other Slovakian-made electric car, the EV4