Posted 12/27/2018 12:16:15 PM
MADRID, Dec. 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The new e-Niro 100% electric crossover, from Kia, has completed a journey of 3,741 kilometers by road, on a route that began in Lisbon and ended in the city where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place. (COP24), Katowice (Poland), as reported by the company in a statement.
During the nine-day journey, the new e-Niro 100% electric crossover crossed seven countries and made stops in 14 cities, including Madrid, Paris, Brussels, Berlin or Dresden (Germany). Along the way, several meetings with politicians were organized to demonstrate the feasibility of sustainable electric mobility and the focus was on future challenges.
The trip was made by Get2C, a Portuguese organization that operates in the area of climate change, the energy sector and the coal markets, in collaboration with Kia Motors and the Lisbon City Council. This initiative represents the kick-off to the ‘Cooler World’ initiative, a project focused on raising awareness of the potential of long-distance electric mobility and the emission reductions associated with it.
Luis Costa, a collaborator with Get2C and two journalists from the Portuguese news media ‘Sapo 24’, Inés Alves and Luis Graciano, were in charge of driving the e-Niro.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were measured in real time: indirect CO2 emissions (associated with electricity production) were 154 kilograms, which represents a 74% reduction in emissions compared to the same trip performed with an internal combustion vehicle. The average electricity consumption was 17 kilowatts per 100 kilometers traveled, with an average speed of 71 kilometers per hour. For nine days, the car spent 54.5 hours charging.
E-NIRO; ZERO EMISSIONS, WITH AN AUTONOMY OF UP TO 455 KILOMETERS
The e-Niro offers a range of 455 kilometers with a single load and up to 615 kilometers in urban cycle. It is available with a lithium polymer battery of high capacity of 64 kilowatt hours or with an intermediate of 39.2 kilowatt hours, which offers a range of 289 kilometers and zero emissions in a single charge. Connected to a 100-kilowatt fast charger, the 64-kilowatt hour battery takes 42 minutes to recharge from 20% to 80%.
This new model will be on sale in Spain at the end of the second quarter of 2019, with a warranty of 7 years or 150,000 kilometers, which also covers the battery and the electric motor.