Hybrid Kinetic
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Hybrid Kinetic is an electric car startup from China that hopes to enter the luxury arena with a full lineup powered by an extended-range electric powertrain that uses a microturbine as the range extender. The company is working with Pininfarina on the technology for its cars, with the Italian design firm also tasked with penning each of the models. Over the past two years we've been treated with four distinct concepts previewing HK's future lineup, and on Wednesday at the 2018 Beijing auto show we were treated with two more. One is a small SUV called the K350 and the other is a small sport...
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Pininfarina-styled HK GT concept debuts at Geneva auto show
Chinese electric car startup Hybrid Kinetic has unveiled a new concept car at a major auto show for the fourth time in less than two years. The latest study is the HK GT, described as an electric grand tourer powered by an extended-range electric powertrain. It made its debut on Tuesday at the 2018...
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Hybrid Kinetic presents pair of Pininfarina-styled electric SUVs in Shanghai
Chinese battery company Hybrid Kinetic is looking to branch out into auto manufacturing and has rolled out two new concepts previewing models it plans to put into production early next decade. They’re a pair of extended-range electric SUVs that Hybrid Kinetic presented on Wednesday at the...
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Hybrid Kinetic says Pininfarina-styled H600 electric sedan coming in 2020
Chinese electric car startup Hybrid Kinetic says the Pininfarina-designed H600 concept unveiled at this month’s 2017 Geneva auto show will spawn a production model by 2020. The information was revealed to Automotive News (subscription required) by Hybrid Kinetic board member Carter Yeung. He...
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Pininfarina teams up with Hybrid Kinetic to debut H600 extended-range electric sedan
In 2010, a Chinese startup by the name of Hybrid Kinetic made headlines over plans for production of hybrid vehicles in Montgomery, Alabama. The company even had a wild concept, the Quaranta, which was actually an original Italdesign-Giugiaro creation built in 2008 to mark the Italian firm’s...
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