The Kia EV9 has been acknowledged with the distinguished ‘Better of the Finest’ award on the Purple Dot Award: Product Design 2024 within the Vehicles and Bikes class. Success on the highest stage of the worldwide design competitors acknowledges the contribution Kia as a model, and the EV9 specifically, has made to setting distinctive requirements of design innovation.
The Purple Dot: ‘Better of the Finest’ award, offered solely to essentially the most pioneering designs, additional validates the success of the Kia design workforce in creating the EV9, the model’s first flagship electrical SUV.
The EV9 represents the essence of Kia’s ‘Opposites United’ design philosophy, presenting a harmonious mixture of futuristic design, extremely superior expertise, and sustainable values. Harnessing the artistic stress generated by the divergent values of nature and modernity to ship a harmonious complete, ‘Opposites United’ gives Kia’s designers with a framework by which to fuse a singular mixture of glossy, sculptural shapes and warranted, assertive geometry, delivering a strikingly up to date but swish aesthetic.
The Purple Dot Design Award is likely one of the most extremely sought-after seals of design high quality. Annually, a jury of worldwide consultants examines the submissions for design high quality and diploma of innovation. This yr, the jury acknowledged the artistic affect of Kia’s ‘Opposites United’ design philosophy, highlighting the EV9’s profitable exterior design, up to date character, and powerful basic traces.
Since its launch in 2023, the Kia EV9’s design values and buyer enchantment have been critically acclaimed on quite a few events. Earlier this yr, the flagship SUV achieved double success on the World Automotive Awards 2024 as the general winner (‘World Automotive of the 12 months’) and the very best electrical automobile (‘World Electrical Car’). Different awards embody: ‘Girls’s World Automotive of the 12 months 2024,’ ‘German Luxurious Automotive of the 12 months 2024,’ ‘Golden Steering Wheel 2023’ (Household Vehicles class), TopGear.com Awards ‘Household Automotive of the 12 months 2023’ in addition to the titles ‘UK Automotive of the 12 months 2024’ and ‘North American Utility Car of the 12 months 2024.’
