The KIA Hybrid and Venga

Below about the KIA's car MPV.

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.

Prius+ Seven-seater Hybrid MPV On Sale in 2012

Today's article about Hybrid MPV.

Toyota has loaded up the Prius! The latest member of the Prius hybrid family is called the Prius+, and it will be Europe’s first seven-seat hybrid MPV when it goes on sale here early next year.

Taking the Prius hatchback as its base, Toyota has designed a bespoke MPV body from the ground up. Optimised aerodynamics mean a relatively low drag cooefficient of 0.29Cd, while design features include a panoramic sunroof, intricate tail-light clusters and sharp-edged bumpers.

On the inside, the Prius+ gets two seats up front, three independent, split-folding second row seats and a 50:50 split-folding third row.

The Prius+ uses the latest generation of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy drivertrain, and includes lithium-ion batteries, instead of nickel metal hydride units for the first time in a non-plug-in hybrid Toyota. The smaller size of the batteries allows for more space inside.


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MPV Teaser+Toyota Prius Released

Article about Toyota Prius.

The Toyota hybrids offensive is in full swing ever since the North American International Show (NAIAS), where the car maker presented the extended lineup based on the most successful hybrid in the world. For Europe, the car maker already announced the Yaris hybrid, and now comes back with a teaser of the Prius+, a seven seater MPV.

The manufacturer brags that this model will be the first in Europe to offer the seating capacity of an MPV and the benefits of a hybrid power train. The system, based on the Hybrid Synergy Drive featured for years in the Prius, will probably get a revamp for the new model.

The Prius+ promises to bring the lowest fuel consumption figure of any MPV currently on the market. In the Prius v minivan, presented by the car maker at NAIAS, on which the Prius+ is expected to be based, the system offered a choice between four driving modes: Normal, Power, Eco and EV.

According to Inside Line, the new Prius MPV will enter the market by 2012. The model is part of the world wide expansion of the Prius line announced by Toyota, which will see the car maker launch no less than 11 derivatives of the hybrid (a move which was long time coming, considering the decreasing interest of the consumers in the classic Prius.

autoevolution will be attending the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, so stay tuned for some real up close and personal shots of the vehicles, as well as for first-hand details of the motorized contraptions presented at the event.

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