The people at Central Kia of Lewisville in 2920 N. I35E, Carrollton, TX are excited to present big news for green drivers from Kia! The Korean auto maker has announced they will focus their entire eco-friendly car production on electric vehicles, leaving the hybrids for Hyundai.

"Hyundai intends to focus on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles and plug-in hybrids, as this seems to be the direction the car market is heading in, especially after 2030," according to Yang Woong-chul, the group's VP, as he stated details of this plan during the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.¹

A team recently drove the Kia Optima Hybrid across the country on a trip that set the Guinness World Record for "Lowest fuel consumption driving through all 48 contiguous U.S. states in a gasoline hybrid car." It now looks like this may be one of the final hybrids produced by Kia.

Kia will manufacture the company's first ever mass-produced high-speed electric vehicle under a peculiar project name: TAM. The EV vehicles are scheduled to hit the Asian market at the end of 2011.

Korea's first electric vehicle, named 'BlueOn' was developed by Kia's research institute in 2010, and will also be introduced by the auto maker to the general public by the end of 2011..

Source: ¹http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/09/19/2011091900793.html