Kia’s designers have revealed new details on the inspiration behind its new Concept EV2’s interior design as part of the model featuring in the brand’s Transcend Journey exhibit at Milan Design Week 2025.
The Concept EV2 represents a leap forward in urban mobility highlighted by its bold interior innovations in terms of design concept and materials. Concept EV2’s cabin combines flexible design and environmentally conscious materials for a truly unique user experience. Unveiled at Kia’s EV Day in Barcelona in February, the Concept EV2 is a B-segment electric SUV that embodies Kia’s forward-thinking approach to urban mobility.
Key features from the Kia Concept EV2’s interior
- Blends lifestyle focus, CMF innovation, space versatility and durability
- Offers a vision of future Kia interior design, highlighting the brand’s environmentally conscious material aims while offering user-focused experience and tech
- Incorporates innovative and advanced materials such as Simplifyber Fybron™, mycelium (with Biomyc), and AmpliTex™ (with Bcomp) to enhance circularity
The Concept EV2’s interior has been designed to feel open and seamlessly connected – both inside and out – reflecting Kia’s ‘Opposites United’ design philosophy. It blends compact dimensions with spacious flexibility, offering a highly functional, environmentally mindful space that responds to the needs of modern urban life.
The interior design takes cues from the overarching ‘picnic in the city’ lifestyle concept, with balconies and terraces serving as the central inspiration. Just as these urban architectures features offer small yet meaningful spaces for relaxation within a busy environment, the Concept EV2’s interior is designed to offer a similar sense of openness and flexibility. This design approach reflects a balance between everyday practicality and moments of leisure – right in the heart of the city.
With everyday usability in mind, Kia focused on maximising the functionality of the first-row space, which is typically the primary space in vehicles of this size. Thanks to the flat-floor layout, the second-row seats fold up while the front seats can slide far back to expand the cabin. Additional side-extendable seat elements expand the cabin even further to support a variety of activities, transforming the interior into a more adaptable, user-friendly space.
The Concept EV2 also integrates thoughtful, lifestyle-focused features including seat headrest-integrated speakers, portable door speakers, side-extendable seats, detachable seat cushions, and pop-up luggage dividers – all of which can be used to enhance leisure activities like a city picnic. These design elements showcase Kia’s vision for future EV interiors that are intuitive, engaging, and centred around the user.
