The company plans to gradually completely eliminate emissions associated with its cars and production.
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Kia has decided to follow in the footsteps of its sister brand Hyundai, and during today’s ceremonial unveiling of the first sketches of the electric flagship concept EV9, it stated that from 2035 it intends to sell only zero-emission carmakers on the old continent.
Five years later, internal combustion engines should disappear globally, so Kia will become a purely electric (battery and hydrogen) brand. However, this does not end the company’s ambitions. The goal of the carmaker is to become completely emission-free by 2045 – not only from the point of view of the cars themselves, but also their production.
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The carmaker’s foreign factories should switch to energy from renewable sources by 2030, while domestic South Korean plants should use green energy by 2040. Efforts to minimize emissions during production have already begun by the brand’s Slovak plant, which has already switched to 100% green energy.
The carmaker’s strategic plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 will also include better work on material recycling, support for the planet’s protection industry and, last but not least, the car will also move to a purely electric fleet by 2030.
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At the same time, the offer of Kia electric vehicles could soon be expanded by another electric SUV EV9, the concept of which the carmaker will reveal on November 17 during the Los Angeles Motor Show. However, the glare of the headlights will also be shared with the concept of the sister electric SUV Hyundai Ioniq 7.
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