Kia Motors will supply the Korean Ministry an additional 3,390 hybrid vehicles over the next two years, which includes the Kia Rio Hybrid shown in this post. This is part of an on-going “real-world” test program for Kia to develop hybrid vehicles for the future. The program currently already consists of 780 cars on the roads.
A recap from a previous post – under the hood of the Kia Rio Hybrid is a 90 PS, 126Nm 1.4 litre CVVT gasoline engine from the Alpha II family mated to a 12kW 95Nm AC synchronised electric motor. The Rio Hybrid’s combined torque of 221Nm is equivalent to a conventional modern 2.4 litre engine. If you’re wondering where the battery for the motor is located, a photo of it together with a severely compromised boot space is available after the jump.
Drive to the front wheels is via a CVT gearbox, and the electric motor is positioned between this and the engine flywheel. The gearbox “assists” the gasoline engine during starting, accelerating and hill-climbing. The car uses regenerative braking during deceleration to recharge its 144V Ni-MH battery pack. The powertrain also uses an engine start-stop function to further save fuel.
0-100km/h takes 12.2 seconds, top speed is 180km/h and the Kia Rio Hybrid returns a fuel consumption of 5.29 litres per 100km, while emissions of CO2 is 126g/km. Special lightweight components such as an aluminium bonnet, boot lid, front seat frames, lightweight road wheels, low friction tyres and electric power steering help reduce fuel consumption by cutting down weight by 220kg compared to a conventional Rio sedan.
More photos after the jump.
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Nice…
Whatever happened to the Gen2 hybrid?
Why must everyone referring to Proton in their comments on everything?
hopefully we can get our hands on some cheap hybrid cars soon.. :) the honda civic hybrid is just too expensive for now
btw, i guess everybody’s referring to proton in every comment because they’re comparing….i mean we do need to gauge the standard of our malaysian made car to another car company to see how much it has progressed :) .. and people would be commenting more since we dropped the talk about alliance with the notion that we have 20 years of experience and can stand on our own rather than partner someone who has the latest technology :)
try stand on your own without the existance of AP…..then only we start to talk
No trunk space.
Thats the problem with all those “converted” cars to hybrid. The chassis isn’t designed for the hybrid packaging requirements.
That said, the Fit/Jazz and the City would be a great chassis to package a hybrid system. With the fuel tank under the front seat, there is loads of room under the rear seat for a batterypack, and not have to canibalize its trunk space.
For the unlucky ones here, try to lighten the weight of your car. Saves fuel. Get rid of the junk in your trunk, put spacesaver spare ..etc.
My car’s interior is currently stripped as I had to remove all its interior panels (and seat) to replace a faulty seat belt assembly. Its so light now, and I’m getting a good few % better power and fuel consumption. All I have in the car is a lightweight racing bucket………lost a good 50+ kgs.
And yes, we bring Proton in to compare just how “off” it is to its global rivals. The Government (Khanazah) is so confident about the prospect of Proton, but we would like to see why.
I wonder why Proton just doesn’t put the 1.3 campro hybrid (as the Gen2 Hybrid Concept) into a SAGA LMST instead?
That car is something like 750kg, it would be great on Fuel. It wouldn’t take much power to move that weight around.
rio sedan ?
i bet da hatchback hav not enuf space.
P1, u better come up with something very fast. ur so called MPV project should be launched by June next year instead of tunggu 2009. even Kia can now show us a fully functional hybrid production car. But P1? can only show concept car ler, sketches ler, not fully functional prototype model. what happen with all ur engineers arr? hari2 bz modify ur Neo to be NeoGti atas alasan research ker? hurmmmm where did d Big G keeps his Rotan arr?
a hybrid uglier than the prius
a hybrid uglier than the Prius???
no, this Rio is ok, and Prius is ok too…….
(different people, different taste)
oh no….boot completely used up…..thats bad.
but its amazing how they reduce the weight of the car by 220kg.
azrai, as a motorvehicle manufacturer Proton must look into hybrid technology. I’m not sure if they are, but they better be. If Proton wants to join the world of car manufacturing, then they must keep abreast with the rest of them. That’s why these comments are alway referring to Proton. Whatever happens in the auto industry matters to Proton as they are supposed to be the nation’s pride. What pride is there if Proton is left far behind by the rest of the pack. Think about it, azrai. If you don’t like all these references to Proton, I suggest you look else where.
spacious rear boot
the future is doomed