Kia confirms Soul EV headed to US, cue the electric hamsters
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/" rel="tag">Kia</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/electric/" rel="tag">Electric</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/kia-soul-ev-spy-shots/"><img alt="Kia Soul EV" data-mep="11760" src="http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/22dcd86a62a5e01cfec82d5c2 1905e87/kia-soul-ev-spy-shots.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/">Kia</a> has been toying with the notion of an electric vehicle for years now. In the two years since the Korean automaker revealed the <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2011/12/22/new-kia-ray-is-koreas-first-production-ev/">Ray EV</a> concept, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/08/kia-soul-ev-to-finally-arrive-in-2014/">rumors</a> of a battery-powered production vehicle have persisted, evidenced most recently by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/08/rumored-kia-soul-ev-spied-for-the-first-time/">spy shots</a> showing an electric version of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/kia/soul/">Soul</a> hatchback this past July. Now Kia has officially announced that the Soul EV is heading for production.<br />
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Although Kia has yet to reveal official photos or specifications, this is the first confirmation we've received that the Soul EV is indeed headed for a showroom near you. Set to arrive sometime next year, the Soul EV promises to pack an as-yet unspecified arrangement of electric motors and batteries and visual cues that aim to improve the vehicle's aerodynamics and differentiate it from the conventionally powered Soul.<br />
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We'll have to wait until its debut approaches at an undetermined upcoming auto show in the US for more details, but for now you can delve into the <a href="/2013/10/01/kia-confirms-soul-ev-headed-us/#continued">official announcement below</a> and scope out those same spy shots in the gallery above.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/01/kia-confirms-soul-ev-headed-us/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Kia confirms Soul EV headed to US, cue the electric hamsters</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/01/kia-confirms-soul-ev-headed-us/">Kia confirms Soul EV headed to US, cue the electric hamsters</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/01/kia-confirms-soul-ev-headed-us/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20734132/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/01/kia-confirms-soul-ev-headed-us/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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