{"id":9110,"date":"2021-10-28T00:06:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T04:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=9110"},"modified":"2021-10-28T00:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T04:06:38","slug":"rafeal-nadal-kia-ev6-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=9110","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Pro Rafael Nadal Gets Free Kia EV6, He’ll Be Promoting EVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a recent article in Drive<\/em>, Rafael Nadal has taken delivery of an all-new Kia EV6<\/a>, which was given to him by the South Korean automaker as part of a sponsorship deal. He’ll also be working to promote EVs and convince people to buy them.<\/p>\n

Nadal is the world’s fifth-ranked professional tennis player. He’s been playing professionally since he was 15, and during that time, Nadal has racked up\u00a0$64 million in prize money. He could essentially buy any car on the planet, though he’s chosen a non-luxury electric crossover to use at home as his daily driver. What’s more, Nadal has also entered into a Kia<\/a> sponsorship deal, which will help promote EVs.<\/p>\n

Nadal’s new electric car is the Kia EV6 GT-Line. Kia offered him the car under the agreement that he’s committing to “expand the use of electric vehicles in his personal and professional life” and\u00a0“encourage others to buy EVs.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Kia began sponsoring Nadal in 2004, and it’s no secret the tennis pro has been advocating for the brand for a long time. The latest sponsorship program started in the summer of 2020 and will continue for five years. Nadal shared:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel lucky to have the support of Kia and the new EV6 that will help drive my commitment. I would like to encourage others to join me in driving these kind of vehicles wherever possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The tennis pro will be driving the EV6 whenever possible, and he will also get a similar EV for use while he’s on the road at tennis tournaments and events. Nadal also talked about switching to an EV-only fleet for the\u00a0Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy near his home in Mallorca, Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is just the beginning when it comes to celebs and highly respected individuals driving and touting EVs. Just this week, Hertz bought 100,000 Tesla vehicles<\/a> to use as rentals, and the company chose to use NFL quarterback Tom Brady as its spokesperson and commercial star.<\/p>\n

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According to a recent article in Drive, Rafael Nadal has taken delivery of an all-new Kia EV6, which was given to him by the South Korean automaker as part of a sponsorship deal. He’ll also be working to promote EVs and convince people to buy them. Nadal is the world’s fifth-ranked professional tennis player. He’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}