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Kia EV4

Kia EV4
Build Dates
Jun 2025 - onwards

On Sale Dates

Sep 2025 - onwards

Applies To
All variants
Vehicle Type
Medium Car
Engine/Fuel Type
Battery electric vehicles

Price Bracket

$35,000 - $65,000

Rating Year/Datestamp
2025
ANCAP Safety Rating

Rating Expires

Dec 2031

ANCAP Safety
Tested
2025

The Kia EV4 was introduced in New Zealand in September 2025 and Australia in January 2026. This ANCAP safety rating applies to all variants.

Dual frontal, side chest-protecting and side head-protecting airbags are standard. A centre airbag, which provides added protection to front seat occupants in side impact crashes, is also standard.

Autonomous emergency braking (Car-to-Car, Vulnerable Road User, Junction & Crossing and Head-On), as well as a lane support system with lane keep assist (LKA), lane departure warning (LDW) and emergency lane keeping (ELK), and an advanced speed assistance system (SAS) with a speed sign recognition system, are standard.

A full list of safety features and technologies can be viewed within the Technical Report (see download link).

Assessment Scores

Adult Occupant Protection
Adult Occupant Protection
84%
33.92 out of 40
Child Occupant Protection
Child Occupant Protection
86%
42.53 out of 49
Vulnerable Road User Protection
Vulnerable Road User Protection
77%
49.13 out of 63
Safety Assist
Safety Assist
81%
14.64 out of 18

Safety Assist Technologies

AEB - Car-to-Car (Rear)
Standard on all variants
AEB - VRU
Standard on all variants
AEB - Junction
Standard on all variants
AEB - Backover
Not available on base variant
LSS
Standard on all variants
Kia EV4 (Sep 2025 – onwards) - frontal offset (MPDB) test at 50km/h
Kia EV4 (Sep 2025 – onwards) - frontal offset (MPDB) test at 50km/h
Kia EV4 (Sep 2025 – onwards) - full width frontal test at 50km/h
Kia EV4 (Sep 2025 – onwards) - full width frontal test at 50km/h