Korean Vehicle Brand Kia Announces Major Project for Electric Car Sector, Aiming to Invest Over 20 Billion Dollars in Expanding Its Electric Range

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Published on 10/03/2022 at 17:59

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Kia Confirms Ambitious Electric Vehicle Project Beyond “Plan S”, Launched in 2020, Aiming to Highlight Vehicles in the Markets of China, USA, and Europe

Kia Motors has revealed its new electrification project in its vehicle catalog during a presentation event for investors held in South Korea. In the announcement, the Korean brand stated it will introduce 14 electric car models by 2027, with a goal of reaching 4 million sales per year by 2030, with 50% of them being environmentally friendly.

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Thus, as Bernardo Castro disclosed in the original article from AutoPapo, for this to actually happen, Kia will need to transform its operations and will invest US$ 23 billion (about R$ 117 billion at the current dollar rate) with the goal that all its electric cars are available in the market within the defined timeframe. Unlike “Plan S,” announced by the same brand in 2020, this project is even more ambitious. This is because the new goal is to establish itself as a “provider of sustainable mobility solutions,” focusing on three essential fundamentals: people, the planet, and profit.

Song Ho-sung, the CEO of Kia, emphasized that this transformation aims to abandon fossil fuel vehicles in favor of the electric vehicle market, as it is a much more promising sector in the coming years.

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Kia’s Electric Vehicle Plan

The dealership intends to launch at least two new electric vehicles per year in order to complete its lineup within the specified time (by 2027). Thus, Kia has confirmed two electric pickups among the new models, in addition to the EV9 SUV and other sedans, hatchbacks, and electric SUVs that have yet to be announced.

Discover the Four Goals of Kia’s Electric Vehicle Project:

Achieve 1.2 million annual sales of battery electric models by 2030;
Sell four million units per year by 2030, with half of them being environmentally friendly;
Expand the application of connected vehicle technology and autonomous driving to all new vehicles;
Be number one in the market for purpose-built vehicles.

Watch the video from the YouTube channel also provided by AutoPapo and learn some particulars of the EV6, the first model with Kia technology to reach the Brazilian market:

Korean Vehicle Brand Kia Announces Major Project for Electric Car Sector, Aiming to Invest Over 20 Billion Dollars in Expanding Its Electric Range

Kia Confirms Ambitious Electric Vehicle Project Beyond “Plan S”, Launched in 2020, Aiming to Highlight Vehicles in the Markets of China, USA, and Europe

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Kia’s Electric Vehicle Plan

Discover the Four Goals of Kia’s Electric Vehicle Project:

Watch the video from the YouTube channel also provided by AutoPapo and learn some particulars of the EV6, the first model with Kia technology to reach the Brazilian market:

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Korean Vehicle Brand Kia Announces Major Project for Electric Car Sector, Aiming to Invest Over 20 Billion Dollars in Expanding Its Electric Range

Kia Confirms Ambitious Electric Vehicle Project Beyond “Plan S”, Launched in 2020, Aiming to Highlight Vehicles in the Markets of China, USA, and Europe

Read Also:

Kia’s Electric Vehicle Plan

Discover the Four Goals of Kia’s Electric Vehicle Project:

Watch the video from the YouTube channel also provided by AutoPapo and learn some particulars of the EV6, the first model with Kia technology to reach the Brazilian market:

With billions in loans, China is rebuilding Nigeria’s railway network from scratch, abandoning the British colonial tracks that have turned to scrap and creating a corridor of over 1,300 km to take the load off the roads of Africa’s largest economy.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

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A robot named Walter does the work of five bricklayers per hour and can save the construction industry, where the average age of professionals is 46 years and almost no one wants to learn the trade anymore, in the United Kingdom.

Austrian engineers have developed an inflatable concrete technology that transforms flat slabs into domes using only air pressure, eliminating scaffolding and temporary forms, and potentially changing the way bridges, tunnels, and curved roofs are constructed worldwide.

The James Webb telescope spotted a planet 700 light-years from Earth with mornings full of sand clouds and nights with clear skies, the temperature difference between the two hemispheres reaches an impressive 170 degrees.

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