Kia is developing its portfolio green car in the United Kingdom with a hybrid version of the Kia Optima executive and all-electric MPV Kia Venga small.
Both are currently under development in South Korea and the Kia Optima Hybrid will arrive first, you may end next year.
The new Kia Optima offers that replaces the Kia Magentis is the UK later this year. Kia Germany decide to take both gasoline 2-liter and 2 liter diesel instead of diesel only.
The hybrid model is currently being deployed in the U.S. with a gasoline engine of 2.4 liters specific market and 30 kW electric motor. A gasoline engine of 2 liters is under development, which is used in the Kia Optima in Korea and Europe.
Engineers in South Korea say that the hybrid car is the most economical in the large D-segment being.
Kia first fully electric car, the Kia Venga. The company currently has 250 electric cars to the assessment in Korea and Senior Research Engineer CY Jeong said a small set of about 2,000 cars next year, followed by mass production from 2013.
The Kia Venga EV will then go on sale in markets around the world, including the UK.
Jeong said the car will have a range of 140kms - around 90 miles and it 60kw electric motor will take 6 hours to charge - although a fast charge can be carried out in 25 minutes.
He added that Kia also plans to start marketing hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in 2015, in line with a number of other manufacturers.
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