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Hybrid car in Busan expo: Buyers listen to a briefing about an LPGelectric hybrid car on display at ENTECH 2009 international energy and industrial exposition in Busan, Wednesday. This hybrid vehicle is capable of producing 34 percent less carbon emissions than the gasoline vehicle of the same engine size.
Via the Korea Times.
It is the sad reality. No mistake...
5:38 pm on September 21st, 2009 1
The Forte looks nice, but I'm waiting for the Renault-Samsung SM3 Hybrid. It's expected to be out in a year or so.
1:45 am on September 22nd, 2009 2
EAT SH!T, KIA
Once again, this is a worthless mild-hybrid that gets 17 km/liter… with the addition of added complexity.
To put it into perspective, the non-hybrid Forte gets 14 km/liter… meaning that it takes YEARS (maybe more than a decade) to see any savings close to the additional cost of the hybrid version… not including any replacement batteries.
KIA promises real plug-in hybrids in 2013… which means 2015… or until they have grifted all the early-adopters, government agencies and innocent tree huggers, with an unnecessary intermediate step that can mostly be manufactured cheaply with existing production facilities.
Go suck a zero carbon emission d!ck, KIA and Hyundai.