Rafael Nadal Drives a Kia EV6 Electric SUV

Rafael Nadal Drives a Kia EV6 Electric SUV

Rafael Nadal, a 20-time terrific hammer champion, 2009 Australian Open victor and previous world number one tennis player, has for quite some time been a worldwide brand envoy for Kia. The Korean vehicle producer originally supported Nadal as a best in class player in 2004 preceding taking him on internationally in 2006. 

This most recent arrangement between the current world number five and Kia expands on a five-year sponsorship reestablishment endorsed in July 2020. 

At the handover, Nadal recognized that the traveling way of life of a top tennis player "isn't completely supportable", however he has focused on making "the important changes where I can, beginning with my own utilization of the EV6 hybrid in Mallorca and then some". 

Nadal said: "I feel fortunate to have the help of Kia and the new EV6 that will assist with driving my responsibility. I might want to urge others to go along with me in driving these sort of vehicles at every possible opportunity." 

As a component of the understanding, Nadal will utilize the altered Kia EV6 GT-Line introduced to him at the declaration all the more broadly when at home in Mallorca, Spain. He will likewise have the utilization of a comparative vehicle at tennis competitions all throughout the planet, remembering the 2022 Australian Open for January, of which Kia is a support. 

Rafael Nadal Drives a Kia EV6 Electric SUV

Nadal has likewise communicated interest in changing over all vehicles utilized at the Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy in Mallorca and by the Rafa Nadal Foundation to electric vehicles by 2022. It's muddled whether the EVs utilized by Rafa's two establishments will likewise be from Kia. 

The Kia EV6 is the brand's originally devoted EV and is planned to dispatch locally in the main portion of 2022. Three variations of the average sized five-entryway hatchback-turned-SUV are relied upon to make up the reach: the EV6, EV6 GT-Line, and EV6 GT – however creation of the lattermost variation isn't scheduled to initiate until late 2022. 

The initial two accompany a decision of battery size (58kWh and 77.4kWh) and back or all-wheel drive arrangements. 

The GT leader accompanies the bigger battery pack and a considerably more impressive double electric engine arrangement standard, and is professed to speed up from 0-100km/h in 3.5 seconds. 

Estimating still can't seem to be declared for Australia, albeit in the UK it begins at around $76,600 drive-away (as an immediate cash change) for the base EV6 and tops out at $97,200 for the second-from-top EV6 GT-Line. 

All variations highlight a 800-volt high velocity charging framework which can recuperate 70% of its charge in just 18 minutes.

Rafael Nadal Drives a Kia EV6 Electric SUV

Nadal has won more than $64 million in prize cash since turning proficient at 15 years old in 2002. While the specific measure of the Kia sponsorship isn't known, Nadal is assessed to have acquired $30.7 million in supports in 2020 notwithstanding $5.3 million in appearance cash and prize cash.

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