KGM Torres SUV now accessible as a hybrid-electric car (HEV).
South Korean automaker KG Mobility Company (KGM) has launched a hybrid-electric car (HEV) model of its Torres SUV, marking the automaker’s entry into the fast-growing international hybrid car section for the primary time.
The brand new Torres Hybrid is provided with a 1.83 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack and a Twin-Tech Hybrid System, and a devoted e-DHT transmission, offering a 41% fuel-efficiency enchancment over the petrol mannequin in line with the automaker.
The Twin-Tech Hybrid System helps three driving modes: battery electrical car (BEV), hybrid-electric drive and inner combustion (ICE) engine drive. It may well journey as much as 15.7 km on a litre of petrol in hybrid mode and 94 km in EV mode in city areas on a full cost – pushed by a 130 kW motor. Costs begin at KRW31.4m (US$21,625) for the T5 variant, rising to KRW36.35m (US$25,040) for the T7 mannequin.
Because it was acquired by South Korea’s KG Group in late 2022, KGM – beforehand generally known as Ssangyong Motor – has been busy increasing into new segments of the car market, notably with the adoption of extra environmentally pleasant applied sciences. The automaker launched the Torres EVX, a battery-powered model of the Torres, final yr and launched the Musso EV pickup truck earlier this month.
Final yr, KGM additionally signed a strategic partnership with China’s Chery Vehicle Firm, involving platform licensing and product sharing geared toward serving to it strengthen its SUV line-up. The deal additionally provides KGM entry to available new vitality car (NEV) applied sciences, together with car platforms.
A KG Mobility spokesperson confirmed the corporate “goals to guide the popularization of hybrid autos by introducing numerous HEV fashions.”
