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Kia driving Australian Open 2026 with more EVs than ever before
Kia is celebrating a milestone 25 years as a major partner with the Australian Open, with this year's player vehicle fleet including 55 EVs.
Kia is partnering with the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam for the 25th year, and its 130-strong vehicle fleet for the event has more electric vehicles (EVs) than ever.
As with last year's tournament, the Kia tournament vehicle fleet is all-electrified – with 55 EVs and 75 hybrids driving players and officials throughout Melbourne during the major sporting event.
Making up those 55 all-electric vehicles are the EV5 and EV9 SUVs, while the 75 hybrids will be divided across the Carnival MPV and Sportage SUV.
Nadal to make Aus Open return for 'Night of Legends' with Ash Barty and Scott Dylon
MELBOURNE: The 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will return to Melbourne for a special appearance at the Australian Open’s Night of Legends, scheduled for February 1, the same day as the men’s singles final. The 39-year-old tennis great will be joined by former world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and Australian wheelchair tennis legend Dylan Alcott.
Nadal, who retired from tennis in November 2024, lifted the trophy at Melbourne Park in 2009 and 2022, needing five sets in both finals to win the title. In the 2022 final, Nadal mounted an epic comeback from two sets to love down against Daniil Medvedev to reign victorious after a five-hour, 24-minute battle. The Spaniard tallied a 77-16 match record at the season's first major, according to the ATP Win/Loss Index.
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Kia Putting 55 Electric Vehicles on the Ground at Australian Open for Players
The Australian Open has begun down in Melbourne, Australia, and Kia is sponsoring it for the 25th year in a row. As it has done in recent years, it’s featuring its electric vehicle models as part of this. This year’s theme is “Move Different,” which can’t be the most exciting theme phrase it’s ever come up with, but it’s something.
Electric vehicles are actually pickup up in popularity quite fast in Australia, perhaps because of how devastating various climate disasters are in the country. In December, 17% of new vehicle sales were plugin vehicle sales, and 10% of sales were pure battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales.
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