Posted 09/01/2018 11: 39: 41CET
The company plans to offer a total of 16 electrified vehicles for 2025
LAS VEGAS (UNITED STATES), 9 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The car firm Kia will launch in late 2018 in Europe WiBLE, its own car sharing service that began operating in 2017 in South Korea, and will be presented in certain markets and European cities this year, as reported by the company in a statement.
Through a mobile application, users will have access to Kia vehicles, which, in the case of South Korea, allows access to 100% electric Soul and Hybrid Niro, among other models of the firm. In addition, the cars are equipped with Kia’s active safety technology, which, according to the company, helps customers complete travel safely with a car they may not be familiar with.
Kia will announce the first European locations of its car sharing services during 2018 and will be available in the city centers of the designated areas.
FUTURE OF MOBILITY
The company has taken advantage of the CES of Las Vegas to present its vision on the future of mobility under the name of ‘Boundless for all’, limited for all, where, according to the South Korean firm, “everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the value infinite that will bring future mobility “.
The strategy ‘ACE’ of Kia is based on three central elements where the autonomous vehicles, the connected cars and the electric models and respectful with the environment center the interest of the company.
Under the slogan “Beyond autonomous driving”, Kia has presented a series of interactive exhibits that combine existing and future technologies, where she has demonstrated how vehicles could be optimized to improve connectivity as they become more autonomous.
Visitors to the CES, which will run until January 12, will be able to interact with Kia’s autonomous drive technologies through a virtual reality simulator. The company plans to test large-scale autonomous technology on public roads starting in 2019, with the aim of marketing autonomous vehicles of level 4 in smart cities from 2021.
“Kia’s connected cars will be unlimited and connected and offer a new kind of mobility experience: virtual reality, driverless vehicles and ‘vehicle to everything’ (V2X) connectivity were considered technologies of the distant future,” he said. Vice President of Kia, Woong-chul Yang.
ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES
On the other hand, Kia will continue to expand its range of environmentally friendly cars in the coming years and plans to offer a total of 16 electrified vehicles by 2025, including a fuel cell electric vehicle by 2020.
“By 2025, we will offer a total of 16 advanced powertrain vehicles, with five new hybrids and plug-in hybrids, five 100% new battery electric and a totally new mass-market fuel cell electric vehicle,” Yang added.