Kia Confirms New Midsize Pickup Coming to America—and It's Not the Tasman

When Kia archetypal confirmed a caller pickup for America, galore speculated it wouldn't beryllium the Tasman. Some thought it mightiness beryllium a Kia-branded mentation of Hyundai's collaboration with GM, oregon possibly a Sportage-based motortruck similar the Hyundai Santa Cruz.

The Korean automaker has different ideas, though. Kia has officially unveiled its plans to present an electrical motortruck to the North American market.

At the 2025 Kia CEO Investor Day, the automaker confirmed an electrical pickup is connected the way, built connected a caller EV platform. This follows an earlier announcement astir an electrical truck, archetypal shared by a Kia authoritative during a media roundtable with How-to Geek's sister site, CarBuzz.

However, the motortruck Kia conscionable confirmed for North America is simply a wholly antithetic model, not the electrical Tasman initially discussed.

Powerful Towing and Off-Road Performance

Kia has yet to uncover circumstantial details astir the caller platform, but it volition beryllium designed to cater to some municipality and outdoor lifestyles. The automaker besides acknowledged the varied needs of the pickup market, whether for interior combustion engines (ICE) oregon electric vehicles.

While the Tasman volition beryllium disposable successful Korea, Australia, and different emerging markets, North America volition person a antithetic exemplary altogether.

Kia hasn't provided in-depth details astir its upcoming electrical motortruck for North America, but it plans to merchantability 90,000 units annually and seizure a 7 percent marketplace share. The motortruck is expected to connection strong towing capabilities, off-road performance, best-in-class interior and cargo space, and cutting-edge infotainment and information features.

Entering this competitory conception won't beryllium easy, arsenic Kia volition look rivals similar the Rivian R1T, Tesla Cybertruck, and the upcoming Scout Terra.

Expected to Be Manufactured successful the U.S.

Though not specified successful the property release, it's apt the upcoming electrical Kia motortruck volition beryllium built successful the U.S. to bypass the Chicken Tax and the latest car tariffs, which marque importing trucks into the U.S. challenging—though Ineos inactive pushes guardant with the Grenadier Quartermaster.

Given that Kia already manufactures the EV6 astatine its West Point, Georgia, plant, there's a beardown anticipation the electrical motortruck volition beryllium assembled determination arsenic well.

Kia didn’t supply a timeline for its upcoming motortruck successful the U.S., but we tin apt expect it wrong the adjacent 5 years. The 2025 Kia CEO Investor Day chiefly focused connected the company's plans done 2030, truthful much details volition look arsenic they go available.

Source: Kia