Kia plug in hybrid concept will be launched at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show
Feb 09, 2010 | Comments 9
The dust has just settled at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show and all auto makers and enthusiasts are geared up for the 2010 Chicago Auto Show which will be held on 10 February. We have already started getting information about concept cars that automakers are all set to launch at the spacious grounds of McCormack Hall.
We have received the first teaser image for the Kia Ray Concept car. The Kia brand is owned by Hyundai and has received good response from the US market. They have made repute in manufacturing small and sporty cars which are well equipped and stylish and above all the prices are affordably low. Kia’s success can be measured from its rapidly growing sales. In spite of collapse in the market in 2009 the Hyundai and Kia sales together actually increased in the declining market scenario.
Kia says Ray is designed to exhibit the designers approach for packaging a plug in hybrid. In this case it looks like the edition is a hatchback or a sporty coupe with a full width strip of LED lights.
The ray concept is designed at Kia Design Centre America which will most likely use the Hyundai corporate hybrid hardware. This hybrid configuration will make its first appearance in the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Blue Drive hybrid sedan.
The 2010 Detroit Auto Show witnessed the plug in version of the Blue Drive system in the Hyundai Blue Will Concept. This configuration will offer 40 miles of range with its 16–Kilowatt-hour lithium polymer cell battery pack which is teamed with a gasoline engine.
Last year Kia launched the Elantra LPI Hybrid sedan which is the world’s first hybrid which uses lithium polymer cell.
For more details about this upcoming edition, stay tuned and we shall offer more updates and images at the earliest.
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I am just wondering that according to the specifications and raw picture of the model, this car will be the best till date in looks. No one will ever be able to beat this car in looks for sure.
Hyundai is really a reputed company and its mechanism has always been up to its mark.
I totally agree with the prices. They are really very low as compared to other companies. Even a lower class family can afford it once.
Kia motors has recently kissed success in US markets and now its growing.
Detroit motor show was full of hybrid and concept cars. In the next couple of years many hybrids are going to be launched.
It was a major auto show till date! So many cars, so many new concepts, so many new innovative ideas in the cars were being introduced!
People are thinking about global warming and are reducing use of hazardous chemicals and gases and trying to be green.
Its really a great achievement to initiate something very new in this world. Failures and success are a part of it.
I wish this company all the best for all its future ventures as this company has given me a lot!