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.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 24, 2022

Recreating an historic motoring exploit, expedition specialist Max Adventure is planning to drive a fully electric Kia EV6 from Oslo, Norway to Lisbon, Portugal in just five days. The 3,600-mile ‘Driven To Extremes Euro EV Marathon’ will pit the electric vehicle against the clock, visiting 15 countries in just 120 hours.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Kia is following in Ford’s footsteps after suddenly announcing plans to introduce more hybrids as it expects slower EV demand. To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Kia is following in Ford’s footsteps after suddenly announcing plans to introduce more hybrids as it expects slower EV demand. To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Kia unveils new Niro compact electric SUV. Kia a South Korean automaker has unveiled its next-generation Niro compact fully-electric SUV. The automaker had teased the Kia Niro and displayed it at the Seoul Mobility Show on November 25. Kia Niro may also have separate controls for climate settings.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Despite smaller growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. More than 221,000 plugin vehicles were registered in November — which is +33% year over year (YoY).

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 16, 2021

After reporting on top electric vehicle sales in 10 European countries, a reader indicated it would be even more interesting to see the combined sales numbers of different automotive groups or alliances in that region. It was an interesting idea, so I ran with it.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Despite smaller growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. More than 184,000 plugin vehicles were registered in October — which is +26% year over year (YoY).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

For example, Toray is working with California-based Joby Aviation to use carbon fiber on its upcoming all-electric air taxi. It’s also signed an agreement with German aerospace Lilium to use carbon fiber composite on its fully electric five-seater jet. Unlike many rivals, Hyundai has doubled down on its EV strategy.

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EV Obssesion

MAY 23, 2021

Two Kia e-Niro adapted for use as electric emergency response vehicles The cars will be used as part of an initial pilot study Each car is equipped with life-saving equipment, medication and supplies for first responder paramedics Estimated 25 per cent reduction in maintenance costs over a petrol or diesel equivalent Two Kia e-Niro […].

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2023

Kia has unveiled yet another electric SUV, the EV5, which will first come to China and then make its way to other global markets. Kia and its sister brand Hyundai have been rapidly working on expanding their number of EV offerings globally. The post Kia unveils EV5 concept electric SUV appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kia EV9 flagship electric SUV to debut on November 11. Kia has officially teased the sketch of the EV9 an all-electric SUV that is all set to debut on November 11 in a concept form. The fully electric EV9 will become Kia’s flagship electric SUV. View this post on Instagram.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

That means it was another two-digit growth month for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in France (12% growth). BEVs continue to rise in France, with last month’s registrations ending at 16,866 units, or 14% of the total market. The overall market has been recovering, after a long time in the red. It was up 5% year […].

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Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 13, 2023

My wife Mary and I just returned from a 2-month, 8,181-mile winter camping road trip, traveling from Massachusetts to California and back in our 2019 Kia e-Niro fully electric (64 kWh battery) crossover SUV.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

6% of US auto sales is up from EVs' 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fully battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) continue to rise in France, with last month’s registrations ending at 20,221 units, or 15% of the total market. That means it was another two-digit growth month for BEVs in France (23% growth). The overall market has been recovering, after a long time in the red.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The GV60 is the first fully electric vehicle in the lineup of Hyundai’s luxury brand, Genesis, and it’s one of our five finalists for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2023.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 114% in August 2021 compared to August 2020, scoring 516,000 units (or 7.7% Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 71% of plugin registrations in August, slightly […]. share of the overall auto market).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Kia Motors has revealed its new Futuron Concept, an all-wheel drive SUV coupe which proposes new designs for future electric vehicles. The Futuron name itself is a portmanteau of ‘future’ and ‘on’, hinting at the switched-on, electric nature of future SUV designs from the brand.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in September by 33% year over year (YoY). It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out. After growing 3% in August, September brought a solid 14% increase in sales, while plugins grew even faster.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The ride-hailing operator Lyft last Thursday launched a program that makes 200 fully electric vehicles available to its drivers in the Denver market. The entire lot of vehicles consists of the Kia Niro EV—a vehicle model that has an EPA-rated 239-mile range and isn’t yet available in Colorado.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 28, 2021

There were more than 159,000 plugin vehicle registrations in April, and 616,000 in the year to date (YTD). The plugin vehicle share of the overall auto market in April was 15% (7.1% fully electric vehicles), keeping the 2021 plugin vehicle […]. That’s +136% year over year (YoY).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 9, 2023

The European fully electric car market saw many new models in 2020 and the start of 2021. This was a result of the new EU regulation on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). I’ve been trying to explore and test drive as many of these as possible. Here’s a quick summary of 13 of these EV […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in August by 13% year over year (YoY). It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out, having grown 3% in August, while plugins are also recovering. There were 31,734 BEV registrations last month, representing 16% of the overall market.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 23, 2022

And it seems all this doom and gloom has finally got to EVs, with sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) dropping in June by 4% year over year (YoY). With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red, with the market dropping 11% last month year over year. There […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2022

Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in July by 13% year over year (YoY). With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red. The market dropped 13% last month year over year. It seems all this doom and gloom is affecting plugins differently, however.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group and Canoo will jointly develop an all-electric platform based on Canoo’s fully scalable, proprietary skateboard design ( earlier post ) for upcoming Hyundai and Kia EVs and PBVs (purpose-built vehicles) ( earlier post ). Hyundai and Kia both recently announced plans to develop fully electric PBVs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 20,038 units, divided between 12,812 BEVs (or 12% share of the overall auto market) and 7,226 PHEVs (7% share of the overall auto market). The former was up 69% year over year (YoY), while the latter was down a harsh […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 19,712 units. That means it was another two-digit growth month for plugin vehicles (PEVs) in France.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Looking at the plugin vehicle market in particular, things are also better. […]. The European automotive market is back in the black, with a 17% growth rate in November. It seems the worst of the automotive component crisis is over. Although, with an energy-derived recession knocking on the door, this uptick might not last for long….

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 17, 2023

BMW is the latest of many automakers to officially adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), meaning future electric vehicles (EVs) built by the company will include Tesla’s charging port and get access to the vast Supercharger network. With six fully electric BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce models now available in the U.S.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 19, 2022

Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 33,851 units, divided between 21,888 BEVs (or 13% share of the overall auto market) and 11,963 PHEVs (7% share of the overall auto market).

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Drive Electric

JULY 23, 2021

The Kia e-Niro 64 kWh is a practical, family-friendly crossover with a 282-mile electric range and it’s one of the more affordable longer-range electric cars. The multi award-winning electric vehicle won ‘Car of the year’ back in 2019, as well as Best Electric Car 2020. Model/Engine size: Kia e-Niro 64 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Soderholm will be installing Lightning eMotors’ fully electric powertrain systems in repowered applications in Hawaii, as well as buying new Lightning eMotors’ vans and shuttle buses. The vehicles being used in the project are three Kia Niros, and one Nissan LEAF.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

After over a year in the red, Europe was back in black in August, with a 3% growth rate. September confirmed the trend with a 9% increase in market sales, signaling that the worst of the production constraints might be over. Although, with an energy-derived recession knocking on the door, this uptick might not last […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 2, 2022

EV news rolls in like a flood every day. The EV revolution is well underway. From the US to Europe to China to Australia, more and more EVs hit the road month after month, quarter after quarter. Some hot EV news from the past few days is below. Feel free to share more, or your […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

32% Plugin Vehicle Market Share in the Netherlands in September.

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