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2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid debuts at Los Angeles Auto Show

Green Car Congress

After recently debuting the all-new fifth generation Sportage, Kia has unveiled an electrified version of the brand’s longest running nameplate at the Los Angeles Auto Show (LAAS). The 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid (HEV) is the third model in an ongoing cadence of eco-minded offerings guided by Kia’s global EV strategy, ‘Plan S.’.

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Fire Risk: Hyundai and Kia Recall More Than Three Million Vehicles

The Truth About Cars

Though EV fires receive a tremendous amount of attention in the news, they are far less common proportionally than gas vehicle fires. Hyundai and Kia are the latest manufacturers to issue a fire-related recall, this time for millions of gas vehicles with faulty hydraulic electronic control units (HECU) and antilock brake modules.&

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Tesla gets its newest adoptees of NACS in Hyundai and Kia

Teslarati

Tesla received news this morning that it would gain two new adoptees of its North American Charging Standard, or NACS, as Hyundai and Kia both committed to using the connector for its electric vehicles in the U.S. with Canadian vehicles to follow in the first half of 2025. “Our and Canada.

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Kia EV6 wins U.S. News ‘Best Electric Vehicle’ award for 2022

Teslarati

The Kia EV6 has won U.S. News award for “Best Electric Vehicle” in 2022, beating out several worthy competitors. The 2022 Kia EV6 was named to the publication’s list of “Best Hybrid and Electric Cars,” and has now earned several high-profile awards, including the 2022 European Car of the Year.

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Hyundai and Kia Recalled More Than 90,000 Vehicles for Fire Risk

The Truth About Cars

Hyundai and Kia are among the most talked-about automakers on the planet. The automakers recently recalled more than 91,000 vehicles for an issue that could cause an oil pump fire. The duo’s new electric models are exciting and feature styling that makes them look ripped straight from a sci-fi film.

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Car theft in India spikes, Maruti WagonR tops list of most stolen cars: Report

Baua Electric

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 13 Mar 2024, 12:32 PM A report released by vehicle insurance company Acko says bikes are stolen nearly 10 times more than cars in India. Car theft in India has increased more than two times in 2023 compared to the previous year with Delhi topping the list of cities with most number of stolen cars.

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Tesla trifecta dominates Consumer Reports’ list of most satisfying cars on the market

Teslarati

A consumer’s love for a vehicle is something truly valuable. And in this sense, even an organization such as Consumer Reports, which tends to lean into the anti-Tesla narrative every so often, recently admitted that its list of most satisfying cars on the market is dominated by vehicles from the California-based EV maker.

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