Kia is to unveil a new plug-in hybrid at the forthcoming Chicago Auto Show, the carmaker has announced.
The unveiling will be the first preview of its latest concept car. Called Ray, the car will be unveiled to the world’s motoring press on February 11, ahead of the opening of the show to the public from February 12.
The show which takes place at McCormick Place, in Chicago, Illinois, will play host to the model, set to be the centre-piece of Kia’s display and will contribute to the carmaker’s on-going development of alternative-fuel vehicles.
Already Kia has pioneered potentially real-life fuel cell vehicles and has working prototypes operating in California and Korea. Additionally Kia has various hybrid-engined vehicles providing real-world data in various locations and plans to commercialise Liquefied Petroleum Gas hybrid vehicles in Korea within the next 12 months.
Currently no date has been set for hybrid Kia models to be put on sale in the UK but on-road testing of petrol and diesel hybrid vehicles is due to start in Britain this year.
