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Kia bringing a performance EV to Geneva that’ll ‘get your pulse racing’

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Kia

just keeps going with the electric flow. The

South Korean

carmaker has already introduced the

e-Niro

and

Soul EV

, and in Europe will put a

plug-in hybrid

version of the Ceed

wagon on sale

later this year. Next month,

Kia

will unveil a performance-minded

electric vehicle

at the

Geneva Motor Show

.

The company had almost nothing to say about it beyond the philosophical: The concept will be “a visual embodiment of the company’s desire to move forward in the exciting world of electrification.” Moving forward appears to mean addressing all of the enduring issues consumers have with

EVs

, meaning looks, range, performance and recharging. The

Audi

E-Tron GT set at least two of those bars unexpectedly high, so we look forward to finding out what Kia’s European design center in Frankfurt has come up with.

That means looking in a different direction than the electric Kia’s that have come so far. The Geneva concept is meant to “get your pulse racing,” and to “signpost our holistic and emotional approach to electrification.”

The Soul EV and e-Niro both use a 64-kWh battery to power a motor with 201 horsepower on to 238 miles of range. Since neither the Soul EV nor e-Niro are expected to get our hairs up with their driving chops, it’s possible the Geneva concept ups the power on the motor in return for less range. But that would be less impressive than the press release billing, wouldn’t it? And it would be a shame to waste the concept’s bulging fender fenders and beastly lines on something, well … less than totally electrifying.

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