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Electric Kia coming to SA soon

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During the recent local launch of the gtSuornobe­dotf,owclhkeaah­rtagdKeidt­ahdeSoecur­hitavhnacA­teifvrteio­caochfaabt­thoteuotKt­ihiteas tfuritfuic­raetipolna.ns, particular­ly around eleccaRrig­ohfftenrio­nwg,tthaetr’se’psrsiicmed­plwy inthoienle­recatrcihc aTorfhoteu­hcnehdaevR­ae7pr0eas0­gte0isS0o0­thu, bethuMtAif­ntrsiclCia­monoitmpee­dortroSarE­nisgatet. of 200km restricts it to the confines oruf nthaebocui­tty/. sIet cwoonudldc­amr.aOktehaerf­aenletacst­rtic cuoofsfm,ebrfuiontr­gntsaewbal­reyl’yvoeavslel­aromRf pt1hlemedm­ilhlaiaorv­noeu.imndpprers­icsed

Where are the more affordable and Omnaeinbst­rraenadmwm­hoidcehlsi­sfroqmuioe­thlyerwbor­arknidnsg? Aibsefirhm­iicnmadaet­hdeimastic­etetlnyeed­csotihnsaf­Kitriamo.nWeedh,miKleoiand­oeStlohhui­nathgs Tphasesred­waSsonuoth­coAnffriri­cmaantihoo­nmonowlohg­at tihoant. smpoedcuel­aistieoint­hgearm, seo. now we can play the

Based on what’s available in rightthoat­nhdedKriai­ve-,Swouel’,vKeianaNri­rowaned KitiadEoVw­6n. Kia Soul is avaTihlaeb­elcecoevne­trisceaall­syi-ndesleigcn­treidc asctahnodi­caerodf-arlaonngge­rfoarnmg.eC(u6s4tokmWe­hrs)hoarvea

Kia e-Soul:

WWHICH ELECTRIC KIA VEHICLES COULD COME TO SA?

c(3o9m.2eskWwihth) pao1w5e0rk­tWra/in39. T5hNem64mk­oWtohr, and is good for a range of 452km based onThtheesW­tanLTdParc­dy-crlaen. ge 39.2kWh comes ctwoaipt2h­a7b16l0ke0­mokfWoDnCa­anfdasis3n­t9gcl5heNa­crmhgaianr­ngdea.cnBadontwg­hohauerpne connected to a 100kW fast charger, the pbearttcee­rnytwinila­l rgoufnrdom­422m0 ipneurtecs­e.nt to 80

The Kia e-Soul looks, on-paper at least, like a viable electric offering that isfhmouoln­deny’twbeaps rnicoeodbi­jnetcot?six figures. What

The strikingly-styled Kia EV6 is the current European Car of the Year Koostreaad­nvfoarn2ce­0d2e2leacn­tdriict’osffaerrgi­nugabfrlyo­mthtehme

Kia EV6: barbarnadn­dri-gnhetwnEoV­w-.fUocnudser­dtphleastf­koirnm, t,h8e0r0e’Vs charging capability (10 to 80 per cent battery charge in just 18 minutes), and dcurisvteo­morerresac­ra-wnhceheolo­dsreivfer.om all-wheel

There’s even a performanc­e T verseiocno­ntdhsaǨt will hit 100kph in under 4 prEevsesni­vethneumen­bterrys-liekveeolu­EtVpu6tbs ofa1s6ts6i­kmWand 350Nm, 77.4kWh battery, a claimed aoranndgsi­e.tsogfooovd­erfo5r0a00­k-m10b0akspe­hdinon7.W3 sLeTcP

The dual-motor all-wheel drive EV6 isspfrains­tesrt,ow1i0th0k2­p3h6kinW5.a2nsdec6o0­n5dNsm. and the Kia EV6Aiss,cowoel tahnidnkas­itdsepsiur­nabchleina­gs right into very expensive territory and

Kia Niro: liot’os kpienrghta­oplsanuont­cth.e model that Kia SA is

Cleverly, its packaging could support gcoinnev,ehnytbiori­nda, lpilnutge-rin ahlycbormi­dbpuoswtie­orntreanin­orTfhuellK­eileacNtri­irco. EV features a 64.8kWh battery and a 150kW motor. Fast charging is supported and you’ll go from 10-80 per cent in under 45 minutes, owfi8th5ka­Wm. Aaximum charging capability

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 ?? ?? The Kia Niro’s packaging can support convention­al internal combustion engine, plug-in hybrid powertrain or full electric.
The Kia Niro’s packaging can support convention­al internal combustion engine, plug-in hybrid powertrain or full electric.

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