Kia’s first-ever mass-exported all-electric vehicle, the Soul EV, makes an unexpected public unveiling!

Spied today in Kansas City, Missouri was the forth-coming Kia Soul electric vehicle, which has been caught during the automaker’s photo shoot.

Kia engineers have put the new Soul EV through extensive testing program in South Korea, while these latest spy shots suggest that the automaker is now gearing up for the vehicle media promotion, only days ahead of its official launch at the Chicago Motor Show.

As evident from the picture posted here (btw, find more shots at Autoblog.it), the zero-emission Soul crossover has finally lost all black cladding that has previously prevented us to see the styling changes made to the Soul’s body.

There are a couple of notable styling enhancements evident at these latest spy pictures, including a redesigned tiger nose grille, which features a charging port underneath the plastic cover, new front bumper and smaller fog lamps.

Additionally, the all-electric Soul also employs a set of re-designed LED taillamps and restyled 5-spoke alloy wheels.

Also very interesting feature of the Soul EV is the light blue and white color combination which gives the car an inoffensive and techie look at the same time.

Soul Electric Vehicle Specs

We have mentioned the car’s powertrain specs for a couple of times before, but let’s give another look at those numbers.

The all-electric Kia Soul’s fitted with a 109-horsepower electric motor that pumps out 285 Nm of torque.

The 81.4-kilowatt electric motor is coupled with a 27-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion system that is derived from the Kia Optima hybrid.

According sources close to Kia, the Soul EV has gained around 200kg in battery weight, which means the EV model weighs around 1429 kg.

Kia says the vehicle runs on electric charge for around 120 miles (nearly 200 km) and accelerates from 0-62 mph in less than 12 seconds. The top speed is in the region of 90 mph.