2018-2022 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid recalled due to fire risk
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 11, 2023
Kia is recalling certain Niro hybrid and plug-in hybrid models due to an issue that could cause engine compartment fires. Kia also.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 7, 2019
Kia used the Geneva International Motor Show as the platform to introduce the battery-electric e-Soul to Europe, as well as to reveal new upgrades to the Niro Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid. Every Kia vehicle on show in Geneva employs the brand’s mild-hybrid, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric vehicle technology.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Some plug-in hybrid models are easily distinguishable from the rest of the cars their maker sells. Others, like the 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid, are all but invisible. We spent 500.
The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 11, 2023
The Kia Niro Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid are being recalled for an issue that could cause fires in the engine compartment. Niro Hybrid from 2017 through 2022 and PHEV models from 2018 through 2022 are involved. Owners will be notified by September 29 and can call Kia’s customer service line with any questions.
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2018
In Germany, Kia Motors revealed the upgraded Kia Sportage, introducing a range of enhancements to the brand’s European and global best-seller. The Sportage’s advanced new EcoDynamic+ 48V diesel mild-hybrid powertrain ( earlier post ) is the first to be launched as part of the brand’s global powertrain electrification strategy.
Green Car Congress
MAY 15, 2018
Kia Motors will introduce its first 48V diesel mild-hybrid powertrain in the second half of 2018. The new “EcoDynamics+” powertrain supplements acceleration with electric power from an additional 48-volt battery and extends combustion engine ‘off time’ using a new Mild-Hybrid Starter-Generator unit.
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2018
Kia Motors’ upgraded 2018 Kia Sportage ( earlier post ), the brand’s global best-selling vehicle, offers a 2.0-liter liter diesel engine now available with Kia’s new eight-speed automatic transmission, and—in certain markets—48-volt mild-hybrid power ( earlier post ). New ‘SmartStream’ 1.6-liter
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Last month, the Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid went on sale in the United Kingdom, offering British buyers a mass-priced compact wagon with 25 to 30 miles of electric range.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
The Kia Niro Hybrid has been on sale in the United States since early 2017, but at its launch, the brand promised a plug-in hybrid version would arrive by the end of this year as well. Ahead of its U.S.
Green Car Reports
JULY 25, 2018
We review fuel-economy numbers in the 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne died in a hospital in Switzerland. China aims to bring a new boutique electric car to the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 5, 2021
Photos by John Faulkner and Kia. The 2021 Kia Niro PHEV is one of three electrified Niro models to choose from, alongside a hybrid and a pure battery electric version. There are driver-selectable drive modes of EV, Eco, Hybrid and Sport. The Niro PHEV uses charging system connector with two plug-in charging options.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
South Korean carmakers Hyundai and Kia often share the underpinnings of their vehicles, though there's no "badge engineering" and the two brands compete in the marketplace. The recent Kia Niro hybrid wagon and the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid hatchback, for instance, share the same powertrain, platform, and other hidden components.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 31, 2018
Most highly fuel-efficient dedicated hybrids are compact five-door hatchbacks, the most popular vehicle segment globally. When Korean maker Kia was drawing up plans for its first dedicated hybrid vehicle, it took a different path.
Green Car Reports
JULY 24, 2018
And that’s exactly what the Kia Niro brings to hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Prius Prime. Competition improves the breed. Compared with the Prius, the Niro is taller and roomier. Likely to its benefit, it looks like a small crossover SUV, though with only front-wheel drive, it's no kind of SUV.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 13, 2017
This has been something of a plug-in hybrid month. Last week we got our first drive in the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid, which we felt was the first affordable car with a range similar to that of the Chevrolet Volt. This week we're driving the 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Today, we've got news about VW's Electrify America charging-station project, BMW's solid-state battery research, and a big pledge by Toyota, as well as our first drive of the 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 25, 2021
The 2022 Kia Rio S is a small car with much going for it. The front-wheel drive 2022 Kia Rio is powered by a 1.6-liter Launched in 2018, the Kia Rio had a front end restyling last year (2021) with a new bumper and redesigned grille intakes, a narrow black grille with tasteful chrome accents and, on the S trim level, LED head lights.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Hyundai is recalling 10,575 Ioniq Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models from 2017 and 2018 to replace a wiring relay in the drive system. The recall mirrors a similar problem announced last month with the Ioniq's platform-mate, the Kia Niro, which was also recalled.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
To date, Beneficial State Foundation has already received more than 900 applications and awarded 24 grants for cars ranging from a 2018 Nissan Leaf to a 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid.
Clean Fleet Report
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
All-new in 2018, the 2022 Kia Stinger continues to turn heads by those that know cars. This coupe was Kia’s first entry into the five-passenger, four-door sportback GT world–and they got it right. Designed in Kia’s Frankfurt, Germany, design studio and built in Sohari, Korea, the Stinger is truly a world car. Powertrain.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
From 2018 H1 through 2019 H1, the growing popularity of long-range BEVs with high-capacity batteries resulted in a 52% increase in the amount of lithium carbonate and lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) deployed globally per EV, from 7.7 kg to 11.7 CATL more than quadrupled its deployment year-over-year to 7.5 GWh deployed (12% of total).
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 29, 2021
High Marks for Hyundai’s First Hybrid SUV. Hyundai’s first-ever hybrid SUV, the all-new 2022 Tucson Hybrid, delivers great fuel economy and seats five while hauling all their stuff, too. Whatever it is, during our week driving the Tucson Hybrid through Southern California, it drew plenty of attention and comments.
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 5, 2022
The 2022 Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is powered by a 2.5-liter With a plug-in option the Escape can drive all-electric (for more than 40 miles we found). The Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid feature a 2.5-liter liter 4-cylinder while the non-hybrid models have either the gasoline 1.5-liter
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 26, 2022
This alphabet soup of letters simply means their car has a plug or runs only on electricity, such as an electric vehicle (EV), or a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) or produces its own electricity as a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, (FCEV.). Road Test: 2018 Toyota Prius Prime. Do you have a home charger?
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2018
The European car market recorded the highest monthly decline of the last decade in September 2018, as 1.12 In contrast, electric, hybrid and plug-in vehicles posted their highest market share to date at 7.9%, as demand for them bucked the general market trend and increased by 12.7% in September 2018. to 85,300 units.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 8, 2018
It will be available for purchase online at Amazon, evsolutions.com, and Home Depot beginning 30 January 2018 at a starting MSRP of $469. This ensures that they are safe, durable and meet our high standards. TurboDX has already started shipping and is available now.
Plug in America
AUGUST 10, 2022
Searches for new plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles are at record levels, increasing exponentially since energy prices soared in March 2022. Plugstar also provides a list of dealerships that have received EV training by Plug In America’s dealership trainers.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2018
Kia Soul EV, which accounted for more than 8% of rebates. builds on Charge NY, which was launched in 2013 and has a target of 30,000 to 40,000 electric cars on the road by the end of 2018. Charge NY 2.0: Under the Governor’s Charge NY 2.0 Charge NY 2.0
EV Info
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The EV surge continues OEMs with a large offering of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars have been less impacted by the current crisis, as European consumers continue to take advantage of the various incentives and subsidies available for these vehicles. new diesel cars registered for every electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 27, 2022
Kia revealed the Niro Plus, its first purpose-built vehicle (PBV). Kia is exploring diverse ways to help people and businesses move beyond traditional automotive, and the company expects its PBV models to be an important part of future mobility. —Sangdae Kim, Head of Kia eLCV Business Division.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Kia introduced the 2018 Niro Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) ( earlier post ) to the US market at the Los Angeles Auto Show. While the Niro PHEV boasts an MPGe rating of 105, its EPA-estimated MPG ratings of 48 mpg city, 44 mpg highway and 46 mpg/combined are similar to those of Niro hybrid.
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 11, 2021
Ford announced in the next decade the majority of its vehicles will be electric, and gasoline-powered vehicles like the Bronco Sport will be hybrid or plug-in hybrid. News: Jeep Compass to Go Plug-in Hybrid. Road Test: 2018 Toyota RAV4 Adventure. Road Test: 2021 Kia Seltos. Ready to take you there.
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 20, 2022
When the all-electric Kia Niro was introduced in 2019 it followed the 2017 Niro hybrid and then the 2018 Niro plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all three versions, as well as Kia’s eco-friendly philosophy that this year saw the debut of the all-new, all-electric EV6.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 9, 2018
Kia Motors presented its new “Boundless for All” future mobility vision at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Connected – By 2025, Kia will adopt connected car technologies across every vehicle segment, and aim to make every single model a connected car by 2030. Niro EV Concept.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2017
Volkswagen of America is in the process of rolling out its all-new long wheelbase 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan ( earlier post ). As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. Significance of the 2018 Tiguan.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 8, 2014
During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. More mainstream models will come from Kia, Mahindra, Škoda, and Volkswagen.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 21, 2023
Between 2022 and 2025, Mazda will introduce a range of new products including hybrid, plug-in hybrid and EV models. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2018
The new Kia Niro battery-electric CUV (crossover utility vehicle) has gone on sale in Korea, featuring an expected driving range of up to 385 kilometers (239 miles), as calculated by SAE J1364 in the United States. European sales of Niro EV will follow at end of 2018 and North America in Q1 2019.
Clean Fleet Report
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 16, 2023
Case-in-point is the all-new GV60 EV, which followed its cousins, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (2020), and the Kia EV6 ( 2021). The slowest, a standard 120V household plug, delivers a full charge in about 68 hours (that’s just short of three days). Kia EV6 GT. & Road Test: 2018 Genesis G90. So Genesis, you did a great job.
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 22, 2021
Road Test: 2021 Kia Telluride. Road Test: 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid. Road Test: 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. Road Test: 2018 Chevrolet Traverse. Road Test: 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid. Road Test: 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Flash Drive: 2018 Toyota Highlander. Road Test: 2018 Buick Enclave.
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