INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH
Kia unveils a spicy concept car
HabaNiro crossover vehicle features easy-entry scissor doors and a button-free, lava red cabin
Kia Motors America has unveiled a spicy vision of the future of electric vehicles at the New York International auto show. The HabaNiro concept is an electric, all-wheel drive, four-seater crossover utility vehicle with a claimed range of more than 450km. The 20-inch wheels and big haunches “exude coiled muscularity and capability” according to Kia, but the car’s biggest visual drawcard is its butterfly doors. These swing open in a scissor-like action to reveal an exceptionally large gap for passengers to enter and exit the vehicle, minimising the potential for very tall (or clumsy) occupants bumping their heads or knees when getting in and out. Imagined and created at Kia’s California design studio, the HabaNiro is referred to as “the everything electric vehicle” or ECEV. “This is no fanciful supercar that will likely never be built, but a prescient look into the future of mobility where automobiles will seamlessly integrate design, capability, usefulness and creativity,” says Tom ...
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