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Kia

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Leather out, innovative materials on the menu for Kia

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March 22, 2021March 22, 2021
Toby Hagon 2712 Views electric car, ev, Kia, Modern materials

Running shoes, recycled plastics and a focus on old-school materials will help craft the interiors of Kias moving forward –

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Kia EV6 electric crossover
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Tech and tradition for new Kia look as brand embraces EVs

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March 15, 2021March 17, 2021
Toby Hagon 4905 Views design, ev, EV6, Kia

Kia is partly looking to the past as it embraces an increasingly electric future. Technology and traditional materials will sit

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Kia EV6 electric crossover
News 

Radical new look for Kia EV6 electric crossover

March 15, 2021March 26, 2021 Toby Hagon 6135 Views crossover, electric car, ev, EV6, Kia

Kia has revealed its new EV6, the first battery electric vehicle from the brand that has been designed from the

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Apple is best known for producing gadgets such as phones, but the tech giant is still keen on producing an electric car
News 

On-again, off-again Apple car is off … with Hyundai, Kia

February 9, 2021February 11, 2021 Toby Hagon 2313 Views Apple car, electric car, ev, Hyundai, Kia

Rumours that Hyundai and Kia would provide the manufacturing and automotive might to produce the first car for tech giant

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2019 Kia Habaniro concept
News 

$4.7b Kia investment for 2024 Apple electric car: reports

February 4, 2021February 11, 2021 Toby Hagon 3155 Views Apple, e-gmp, electric car, ev, Hyundai, Kia

Pesky rumours about Apple and its hotly-anticipated electric car continue to fly. The latest internet buzz suggests the notoriously secret

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2018 Kia concept tease
News 

Stung! Kia Australia hopes for EV sports sedan

January 29, 2021February 27, 2021 EV Central team 5389 Views CV, e-gmp, ev, EV1, Kia, stinger

A Kia EV sports sedan could soon be reality. Kia Australia has hinted an electrified performance sedan could be in

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LATEST News 

Kia to ramp up EVs, but electric challenge is enormous

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021 Toby Hagon 2850 Views e-gmp, electric car, ev, hybrid, Hyundai, Kia, Toyota

Kia is set to ramp up EVs and sales of electrified models with a raft of new arrivals from 2021

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Silhoutte of some of the new Kia models - including 7 dedicated EVs by 2027 - as part of the Kia brand relaunch
LATEST News 

Kia ‘most probably’ to be EV brand, 7 EVs from EV1 to EV9

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Toby Hagon 7023 Views e-gmp, electric car, ev, EV1, EV2, EV3, EV4, EV5, EV6, EV7, EV8, EV9, high-performance ev, Hyundai, Kia, kia ev

Kia has chosen a simple alpha-numeric naming system for its upcoming dedicated electric vehicles, to be called EV1, EV2, EV3,

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Hyundai E-GMP platform
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Confirmed: High-performance Kia EVs coming from 2021

January 15, 2021January 18, 2021 Toby Hagon 3377 Views e-gmp, electric car, EV1, EV2, EV3, EV4, EV5, EV6, EV7, EV8, EV9, high-performance ev, Hyundai, Kia

Kia president and CEO Ho Sung Song has confirmed Kia will soon have high-performance EVs. To utilise the designs and

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Kia Niro HUV (hybrid utility vehicle)
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Kia Niro Hybrid to target RAV4 Hybrid

January 8, 2021January 14, 2021 Toby Hagon 3032 Views electric car, ev, hybrid, Kia, kia niro ev, kia niro hybrid, kia niro plug-in hybrid, niro, plug-in hybrid, rav4, Toyota

The Kia Niro Hybrid arrives in Australia in Q2 2021 with plans to take on the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

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What is a PHEV? Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles explained

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Like hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (or PHEVs) have an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor. Plug-in vehicles take the

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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review
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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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