Kia Motors Corporation already has a plan to meet the challenge of electrifying the automobile fleet. It presented it at the end of 2019 and has, among other objectives, to commercialize eleven electric vehicles by 2025. The company will invest 29 billion won for the development of new models and the electrification of the current range. The project has started with the first 100% zero emissions Kia, which should arrive in 2021. However, the firm knows that the house cannot be started with the roof. On the road to clean mobility, it will be necessary to live with other alternatives, the most realistic today. For this reason, the Korean brand intends to launch 25 electrified models (hybrids or plug-in hybrids) in the next 5 years. The new Kia XCeed PHEV is part of that offense.
The success of the Kia XCeed has been almost immediate, outselling the conventional Ceed. Its country and sporty design has better suited a young buyer, with an adventurous essence but urban life. Now, with the plug-in hybrid model , the firm wants its buyers to enter the world of electrification easily and without complications. They expect sales of this ECO version to approach 15% of total XCeed registrations, with about 1,500 units sold in its first year. Challenge that has a last-minute ally, the aid for the purchase of new and clean vehicles by the Government of Spain with the MOVES II Plan . If you want to discover which zero-emission models have a really interesting price, don’t miss this article about the cheapest electric cars on the market.
Returning to the model at hand, the new Kia XCeed PHEV incorporates an 8.9 kWh lithium polymer battery linked to a 44.5 kW electrical block. This system supports the 1.6 GDI petrol block combined with the 6DCT double clutch automatic transmission. The combined power is 141 hp with 265 Nm of torque, capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km / h in 11 seconds .
