My first car, waaaay back in 1981 was a 1970 Ford LTD formal roof 2 door sedan in dark green...fun for 3 months until the frame broke while I was trying to do a holeshot....lol. Lots of Northeast rust through the frame....
Oh, I hadn't seen the order guide.
That tells me it's probably the same size hole in the roof, it just doesn't open. Probably reusing the same shade mechanism.
Yea, the Two Mode Hybrid system was and remains a good concept. The latest version from Allison, eGen Flex and eGen Flex Max, builds upon the original design with a new drive unit, inverter, battery chemistry, and software. IndyGo says it works reliably and at reasonable cost.
Kia’s EV9 and EV6 sales dropped nearly 50 percent in the first half of 2025 because those models underwent a shift in production location from South Korea to the Kia plant in western Georgia. It took some time to revamp the plant for EV
Required charge time from 10 to 80 percent battery SOC is one data point for comparison, but since they are talking about importance of fast charging during long trips, it’s probably more important to consider how far the vehicle will drive at highway speeds for that given amount of charge time.
IMO expressing rate in kW, or percent battery capacity, is not as meaningful as MPH. An older base Tesla Model 3, as example, could gain +/- 500 MPH (miles of highway range per hour of charging), and the newer Model 3s much better than that. Just saying it’s not about how many kWh you get in a given time, but also how far they will take you in actual highway driving.