Model Jodie Kidd Electrocuted With 1M Volts To Show Off Kia EV9’s Power

Model, car enthusiast, and TV presenter operator Jodie Kidd has been electrocuted. Fortunately, though a cardinal volts of energy passed done her body, she’s fine, and the lawsuit was performed arsenic a stunt to beforehand Kia’s latest household SUV.

To beforehand the EV9 arsenic an electrical conveyance that’s cleanable for families, oregon whatever, she was fixed a concatenation message suit that acted arsenic a Faraday cage and placed adjacent to a lightning machine. The suit protected her from the cardinal volts that were emitted by the machine, and allowed arcs of energy to sprout retired of her fingers.

Footage from this stunt was past utilized to stitch unneurotic images of her shooting energy retired of her fingers portion lasting successful beforehand of the Kia and wearing a much flattering (read: little unsettling and uncomfortable) outfit.

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“Being electrocuted was 1 of the astir petrifying things I’ve ever done – but besides specified an astonishing experience,” said Kidd. “Not galore radical tin accidental they person had a cardinal volts done their assemblage and been capable to sprout lightning with their fingers!”

For Kia’s part, it says that it paid to for this stunt to beforehand the EV9 arsenic an perfect EV for ample families. Starting astatine £64,995 (rumors suggest that it volition start astatine $63,000 successful the U.S.), with a scope of much than 300 miles (483 km), and seating for seven, it surely is simply a family-oriented electrical SUV!

“As a parent, I cognize precisely however important the situation is to the adjacent generation. I person had galore conversations with my lad Indio astir what we tin bash to unrecorded much sustainably – including buying an electrical car,” said Kidd. “This stunt was each astir celebrating energy and however the aboriginal of motoring is electric, for the motorboat of Kia’s caller afloat electrical car, the EV9.”