Kia Motors unveiled its first U.S. electric vehicle, the 2015 Soul EV, at the Chicago auto show Thursday. It will go on sale in limited numbers later this year.
The new vehicle will be sold globally. The automaker did not disclose the price of its new Soul EV, which will initially be sold in California and Oregon in the West and several Eastern states including New York, New Jersey and Maryland in early 2015, the newspaper said.
The Soul will have a 27 kWh, air-cooled, 200 watt-hour/kg battery with an expected real world driving range of 80-100 miles.
The 360 volt 96-cell lithium-ion polymer battery features a nickel-cobalt-manganese cathode, which helps increase capacity, and a graphite-based anode, which increases durability while reducing weight.
Source: The Detroit News
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