Kia Motors unveiled the revised hybrid-electric variant of the popular cee'd Hatchback in Frankfurt last week. Developed at Kia’s European R&D centre, the cee’d hybrid concept is a follow-up model of the initial cee’d hybrid model, which debuted at the Paris Auto Show last year. Since then, the new cee’d hybrid has adopted the new front fascia and received upgraded powertrain technology.The Kia cee’d hybrid concept car shown in Frankfurt is powered by a 1.6L Gamma inline-4 engine that is paired with a 20 horsepower electric motor. The high-torque electric motor has a maximum torque of 105 Nm from just 1500 rpm. It is mated to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) developed by Kia. The hybrid-electric powertrain is similar in set up to the Forte LPI Hybrid's, but the cee'd hybrid propels on gasoline rather than liquified petroleum gas (LPG).
According to Kia, new cee’d hybrid reaches a top speed of 185 km/h and accelerates from 0-to-100 kmh in just 11.8 seconds. CO2 emissions of the hybrid model have been lowered by 25 percent from that of the standard cee'd to only 96 grams per kilometer.
[Source: KIA]
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