Kia PV5 Sets Guinness 693 km Range Record

Kia’s PV5 Cargo L2H1 Long Range set a Guinness World Record by travelling 693.38 km (430.84 miles) on a single charge while carrying its maximum authorised payload, completing 12 laps of a 58.2 km loop on public roads north of Frankfurt under real-world urban conditions. The unmodified van used a roughly 71.2 kWh (marketed around 72 kWh) battery and ran for about 22 hours 30 minutes before stopping, averaging roughly 6 kWh per mile and comfortably exceeding its WLTP combined figure of about 258 miles. The route replicated daily delivery operations—traffic lights, roundabouts, intersections—and included about 370 m of elevation gain while the van was fully loaded. The run was driven by journalist George Barrow and Kia engineer Christopher Nigemeier and was monitored by TÜV Hessen and buck Vermessung with GPS tracking, a sealed charging port and in‑cabin cameras to verify compliance. Kia said the record highlights the practicality of its first PBV (Platform Beyond Vehicle) model, which is built on Hyundai’s E‑GMP.S architecture, and underlines the PV5’s suitability for commercial delivery and logistics use.