Kia Adds Larger PV7 to Its Electric PBV Van Lineup
Kia has revealed the PV7, the second van in its Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) lineup, at IAA Transportation in Germany.
The PV7 follows the PV5 people mover, which went on sale in 2025. Kia positions the new van as a larger step in the same all-electric PBV family, with greater capacity for passenger and cargo duty. It will be offered in passenger and cargo variants The Verge.
The van is about 2 feet longer than the PV5. Reported dimensions put length between 5270mm and 5900mm, depending on wheelbase variant. It uses Kia's dedicated PBV architecture, designated E-GMP.S, with a flat-floor layout intended to maximize interior flexibility between configurations.
Payload is rated up to 1200kg, with up to 8.0 cubic metres of load space in cargo form Professional Van. Those figures place the core packaging tradeoffs in familiar territory for operators: length variants for maneuverability versus volume, and flat-floor volume for racking, seating, or conversion work.
On power, Kia will offer a 71.5kWh nickel-manganese-cobalt pack or a 96.2kWh pack. Kia claims 460 km (285.8 miles) of WLTP range for the Cargo Long-Range version. The electrical system is 800-volt, and Kia says a 350kW DC fast charger can take the battery from 10% to 80% in under 25 minutes.
For worksite use, the PV7 supports vehicle-to-load outlets to power external tools and equipment. Infotainment runs on Pleos Connect OS, based on Android Automotive, with natural-language voice control through Gleo AI.
Kia plans to launch the PV7 in Europe and Korea in the second half of 2027. Additional markets, derivatives and conversion models will follow after that initial rollout, according to the company Kia Newsroom.
Looking at what this means for fleet buyers, the specification sheet reads as a duty-cycle play. Flat floor plus two battery sizes plus 800-volt charging gives operators a way to match pack and charge rate to route length and dwell time. Short urban loops can stay on the smaller pack. Longer runs get the larger pack and faster recovery during loading stops.
In my view, the items worth watching are software and conversions. Android Automotive-based control with voice input will stand or fall on fleet management integration, driver profiles, and update discipline. The promise of later derivatives and conversions will test how open the E-GMP.S interfaces really are for upfitters. Vans live or die on that ecosystem.
The details matter for depots. A sub-25-minute 10-80% window on high-power DC shifts charging from overnight-only to opportunity charging. V2L adds portable power without a separate generator. Both reduce equipment carried on board, which feeds directly back into usable payload.
If Kia delivers the packaging and charge performance as stated, operators gain a larger PBV option alongside the PV5 without changing architecture or operating model. That continuity is the point.
