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Kia Expands Electric Vehicle Support for Care Institutions
Kia is expanding Move & Connect, its electric vehicle support program, to care institutions across South Korea.
The program now covers services for older people, people with disabilities, children and multicultural communities.
Kia plans to donate 18 vehicles to 18 care institutions: five each of the EV3, EV4 and EV5, plus three PV5 WAV vehicles.
The first vehicle, an EV5, was delivered to a family center in Seoul’s Songpa district.
It will support home visits where interpreters accompany families to hospitals and government offices.
Kia says the vehicles can help make support services more accessible, and the remaining vehicles are due to be donated in stages.
Kia is expanding its Move & Connect program, which provides customized electric vehicles to care institutions across South Korea.
The second phase broadens eligibility to institutions serving older people, people with disabilities, children and multicultural communities.
Kia plans to donate 18 vehicles to 18 care institutions, including EV3, EV4, EV5 and PV5 WAV models.
The first vehicle in the second phase, an EV5, was delivered to a family center in Seoul on November 4.
The vehicle will support a service that accompanies interpreters on home visits to hospitals and government offices.
- Who
- Kia is providing the vehicles to care institutions across South Korea.
- What
- It is expanding its Move & Connect electric-vehicle support program and plans to donate 18 vehicles.
- When
- Kia announced the expansion on November 5, 2026. The first vehicle was delivered the previous day.
- Where
- The program covers care institutions nationwide. The first vehicle was delivered to a family center in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
- Why
- The vehicles are intended to provide practical support for vulnerable groups and care institutions.
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Kia delivered the second phase's first vehicle, an EV5, to a family center in Songpa-gu, Seoul.
Kia announced that it was expanding the Move & Connect program.
- Institutions
- 18 care institutions nationwide
- Planned vehicles
- 5 EV3s, 5 EV4s, 5 EV5s and 3 PV5 WAVs
- First delivery
- EV5 to a family center in Songpa-gu, Seoul
- Program
- Move & Connect, second phase
- Expanded recipient areas
- Older people, people with disabilities, children and multicultural communities
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What people are saying
Mobility is an essential foundation for supporting vulnerable groups.
We will work to provide practical help on the ground.