Kia EV2 prototype enjoys some high-altitude testing in the Alps, here's the video

Kia's EV2 has now been spotted in testing somewhere in the Alps in Europe, sporting German license plates as you can see in the spy video embedded below.

The car is of course heavily camouflaged, but its silhouette is very clear even so - it's similar to the EV3, like that one is to the EV9. With this design language taking over Kia's range, the EV6 will soon look quite out of place, funnily enough (though there's an argument to be made that the EV4 hatchback does look closest to the EV6).

Anyway, back to the EV2. This should compete with the Renault 5, and despite being quite small it's expected to start at around $35,000, proving once again that non-Chinese car makers simply can't go lower than that without significant compromises in power, range, interior quality, or all of the above.

Of course, Kia claims this will revolutionize urban electric mobility, although for it to actually do that, it needs to be much cheaper than the aforementioned target. Inside, it's expected to get the traditional Kia setup with two 12.3" screens, one in front of the driver, one in the middle. It remains to be seen whether it also gets the 5.3" climate control screen in between or if that feature will remain confined to the more expensive models.

Last month a coupe version of the EV2 was spotted in Korea, so that one is also coming soon. In case you were wondering, Kia left the EV1 name unused so far on purpose, as it's now apparently studying the possibility of releasing an even cheaper, under $29,300 model in the future. Don't hold your breath for it arriving anytime soon, though - the EV2 itself is only scheduled to launch next year.