Kia & LG Electronics Partner to Showcase New PBV Concepts for Work & Play

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• Kia and lg Electronics cooperate to current idea fashions for cellular skilled and leisure areas based mostly on Kia’s Platform Past Cars (PBVs)
• The PV5 Spielraum studio idea for cellular work and the PV5 Scope Glow cabin idea for out of doors actions debut on the 2025 Seoul Mobility Present
• Kia and LG are collaborating to launch the idea fashions within the second half of 2026

Kia Company and LG Electronics at present introduced a partnership to collaborate on the implementation of mobility area options based mostly on PBV (Platform Past Car) expertise.

The businesses signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Kia pavilion on the 2025 Seoul Mobility Present, held at KINTEX in Goyang, South Korea, and unveiled idea fashions for cellular work and leisure areas that incorporate superior residence home equipment into Kia’s PBVs.

The MOU signing ceremony was attended by Gained-Jeong Jeong, Govt Vice President and Head of Korea Enterprise Division at Kia, and Lyu Jae-cheol, president of the LG Dwelling Equipment Answer Firm.

The settlement brings collectively Kia’s PBV expertise and LG’s experience in AI options. The businesses intention to supply custom-made area experiences for customers, tailor-made to completely different existence and work wants, by integrating superior residence home equipment into PBVs. This may allow customers to remodel the automobile into a customized workplace, studio, lounge, and so forth.

“By offering mobility space solutions that combine automobiles with home appliances, we aim to lead a transformative shift in customers’ lifestyles,” stated Gained-Jeong Jeong, Govt Vice President and Head of Korea Enterprise Division at Kia. “This partnership with LG Electronics advances the core value of PBVs, contributing to a new mobility paradigm where vehicles evolve into personalized spaces for living and working.”

PV5 House Ideas

Kia and LG are showcasing two PV5 Spielraum idea fashions on the Kia pavilion throughout the 2025 Seoul Mobility Present, held from April 4 to 13. The phrase ‘Spielraum’ — German for ‘play space’ — displays the idea of versatile mobility environments.

• Spielraum studio idea: The Spielraum Studio idea is geared toward solo entrepreneurs who journey steadily, requiring each workspace and storage. It options LG’s AI-powered residence home equipment, equivalent to its modular Stylers_⁽¹⁾good mirrors, and low machines, that are built-in to optimize the PV5’s inside. The AI system can monitor the consumer’s enterprise schedule, calculate the remaining journey time to the vacation spot, and advocate equipment settings accordingly.

• Scope Glow cabin idea: The Spielraum Glow cabin idea is designed to cater to the rising demand for automobile picnic experiences. It contains home equipment equivalent to fridges, lightwave ovens, and wine cellars, seamlessly supporting a variety of out of doors leisure actions. Every equipment has MoodUP™ panels_⁽²⁾ that modify shade based mostly on the consumer’s preferences, offering a singular expertise.

The 2 firms are working collectively to convey the idea fashions to market within the second half of 2026. With this settlement as a place to begin, additionally they plan to cooperate in creating superior residence home equipment and AI options that may streamline and improve on a regular basis duties.

(1) LG Styler is LG’s clothes care resolution designed for garment caring, specializing in sanitization and deodorization by means of TrueSteam™ Know-how. It additionally reduces wrinkles with its shifting hanger and steam.

(2) The MoodUP panel is a function in LG MoodUP™ fridges that permits customers to alter the colour of the door panel by way of LG ThinQ™ app, enabling the customization of colours to match the popular ambiance or temper.