A sample plug-in Hybrid Concept Ray recently launched at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, Kia would like to inform the world that the car “green” is not always synonymous with tedious, and that future company will introduce a line of hybrid vehicles only.
And the first embodiment of the future he is a model for Kia Ray concept, the rechargeable electric hybrid vehicles outside. This is Products was born from the Kia design center in America. The objective of the automobile manufacturers South Korea is to develop a model for the future 4 seats, based on the chassis base model Kia Forte (Cerato or).
Although property design aerodynamics and many more ideas than carrying heavy computer is real, but Ray is there quite the same vehicle design and other hybrid models currently on the market, the Prius and Honda Insight.
Ideas for the future, quite unfamiliar with the current car design is demonstrated further in Furniture car, with the use of recycled materials, lightweight and environmentally friendly in white cardboard. There explained that the selection of the white interior is reflected to the heat of the sun, since it does not increase the temperature inside the vehicle and reduce the need to use air conditioning.
Ray Kia cars designed with gasoline engine 153 horsepower 1.4L direct fuel injection (GDI), accompanied by invisible for CVT gearbox, combined with an electric motor capacity of 78kW and use lithium-ion .
Depending on terrain and how to drive, energy will be transmitted to the front axle from the gasoline engine, electric motor or both.
Kia said this model car can run more than 80km distance with electric motor and the battery was fully charged. According to the manufacturer, the fuel system of the hybrid concept car is just 1.16 Ray lit/100km (less than a 100cc motorcycle capacity).
Some other points of interest in this car model is the la-zang 20-inch alloy accompanied tire 195/50R20 system drive shaft drive electronic (drive-by-wire) and the plates absorb solar on the roof of the car, helping to provide power for temperature control systems on cars and light system lighting.
