{"id":145011,"date":"2023-06-22T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-kia-america-plugs-into-electrify-expo-san-francisco-june-23-24\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T18:29:00","slug":"english-kia-america-plugs-into-electrify-expo-san-francisco-june-23-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/english-kia-america-plugs-into-electrify-expo-san-francisco-june-23-24\/","title":{"rendered":"KIA AMERICA PLUGS INTO ELECTRIFY EXPO SAN FRANCISCO, JUNE 23-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.17em; PADDING-LEFT:0.17em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt; BORDER-LEFT:black 1pt\n}\n.prnml4{\nMARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b>Attendees can see the upcoming<\/b> <b>all-new, all-electric, three-row EV9 SUV and drive the award-winning Kia EV6, EV6 GT and Niro EV<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">IRVINE, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 22, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-person\">Kia America<\/span> is plugging into Electrify Expo San Francisco from <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 23-24<\/span> in Alameda Point, <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, as part of the brand&#8217;s continued campaign to educate consumers on the ease of EV ownership by bringing its award-winning lineup of EVs to Electrify Expo, where attendees can learn more about the benefits of EV ownership, gain valuable insight into what EV ownership entails and experience electric vehicles first-hand. In <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, the Kia EV6 &#8212; winner of the esteemed 2023 North American Utility Vehicle of the Year\u2122 award, the EV6 GT, which recently captured the 2023 World Performance Car title, and the multi award-winning Niro EV model will be available for test drives. Electrify Expo San Francisco attendees will also be among the first consumers to see the upcoming all-new EV9, Kia&#8217;s first dedicated three-row EV SUV<sup>1<\/sup>.\u00a0 Kia will participate in upcoming Electrify Expo events including <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, D.C.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg1355left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg1355left\" title=\"Kia America Plugs Into Electrify Expo San Francisco, June 23-24\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2108974\/Kia_America_Plugs_Into_Electrify_Expo_San_Francisco_June_23_24.jpg\" alt=\"Kia America Plugs Into Electrify Expo San Francisco, June 23-24\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Electrify Expo is the best place to learn about electric vehicles and experience Kia&#8217;s commitment to sustainable mobility leadership with our growing roster of innovative and award-winning electric vehicles,&#8221; said Steven Center, COO &amp; EVP, <span class=\"xn-person\">Kia America<\/span>. &#8220;We look forward to learning more about consumer attitudes toward electrification and the perceived day-to-day impact transitioning to EVs will have. Kia will take what we learn and use that knowledge to develop solutions to help make the transition easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to make its award-winning line-up of EV and hybrid vehicles more accessible to more consumers, Kia is bringing additional clarity and understanding to EV ownership through a series of educational videos titled, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=2559946527&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIKrrpQuhv68%26list%3DPLGURpC1mgojngPsgllCwWozKTVFsuqZFE&amp;a=Kia+EV+Education+101+%E2%80%93+An+Introduction+to+Hybrids+and+EVs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kia EV Education 101 \u2013 An Introduction to Hybrids and EVs<\/a>. Available at no cost through the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=3354666146&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FKIA&amp;a=Kia+America+YouTube+Channel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kia America YouTube Channel<\/a>, the video series can help educate consumers on the various aspects of owning a hybrid or electric vehicle, including commonly used terms; the differences between hybrid and all-electric vehicles; at home vs. public charging; EV cost savings; maximizing battery life; what range means and how to plan for road trips.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees and industry leaders will discuss legislation affecting the EV industry, range anxiety, battery materials and sustainability, charging infrastructure, the future of autonomous driving applications and supply chain barriers. A full list of sessions and presenters can be found by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=78516705&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electrifyexpo.com%2F&amp;a=www.electrifyexpo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.electrifyexpo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Kia&#8217;s 2023 Electrify Expo Schedule<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">June 23-24<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">San Francisco<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Alameda Point<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">July 22-23<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Washington, D.C. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">RFK Stadium<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">August 12-13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">New York, Long Island<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Nassau Coliseum<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">September 9-10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Seattle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Marymoor Park<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">October 14-15<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Miami<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Miami Dade Fairgrounds<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kia America<\/span> &#8211; about us<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Irvine<\/span>, California,\u00a0Kia America continues to top automotive quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the &#8220;Official Automotive Partner&#8221; of the NBA and offers a range of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrified vehicles sold through a network of over 750 dealers in the U.S., including several cars and SUVs proudly assembled in America*.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>For media information, including photography, visit\u00a0www.kiamedia.com.\u00a0To receive custom email notifications for press releases the moment they are published, subscribe at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=1816307600&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiamedia.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fnewsalert&amp;a=www.kiamedia.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fnewsalert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.kiamedia.com\/us\/en\/newsalert<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>* The K5, Sportage, Sorento, and Telluride (excludes HEV and PHEV models) are assembled in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> from U.S. and globally sourced parts.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>About Electrify Expo<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Electrify Expo is <span class=\"xn-location\">North America&#8217;s<\/span> largest outdoor electric vehicle (EV) festival showcasing the latest technology and products in electrification including startup and legacy EVs, electric motorcycles, bikes, scooters, skateboards, boats, surfboards and more. The festival addresses one of the most challenging barriers to mass adoption of electric vehicles &#8211; first-hand experience with the product &#8211; with meaningful demonstrations and test rides. Top brands from around the world exhibit and attend Electrify Expo&#8217;s events to meet consumers at all stages on their path to electrification. 2023 events will take place in <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington DC<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Austin, Texas<\/span>. To stay up to date on the latest news and announcements from Electrify Expo, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=1788312641&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprotect-us.mimecast.com%2Fs%2FxjthCkRBG4ipG7lQtVnbgC%3Fdomain%3Dglobenewswire.com&amp;a=www.electrifyexpo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.electrifyexpo.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=2415218396&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprotect-us.mimecast.com%2Fs%2FCE1FClYXJ4sv4yGZTyFEMl%3Fdomain%3Dglobenewswire.com&amp;a=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=3658742333&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprotect-us.mimecast.com%2Fs%2FzqM9CmZ8K4tr4ZXni9AwVb%3Fdomain%3Dglobenewswire.com&amp;a=Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=2445135806&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fprotect-us.mimecast.com%2Fs%2FLU1zCn57L4hYBzwotmcFwu%3Fdomain%3Dglobenewswire.com&amp;a=Instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> The EV9 is expected to arrive in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> in Q4 2023.\u00a0 Inventory expected to be extremely limited.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg6991left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg6991left\" title=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1442697\/Kia_New_Logo.jpg\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=3073685248&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2108974%2FKia_America_Plugs_Into_Electrify_Expo_San_Francisco_June_23_24.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2108974%2FKia_America_Plugs_Into_Electrify_Expo_San_Francisco_June_23_24.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2108974\/Kia_America_Plugs_Into_Electrify_Expo_San_Francisco_June_23_24.jpg<\/a><br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3900868-1&amp;h=2340479494&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1442697%2FKia_New_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1442697%2FKia_New_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1442697\/Kia_New_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  <span class=\"xn-person\">Kia America<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b>Attendees can see the upcoming<\/b> <b>all-new, all-electric, three-row EV9 SUV and drive the award-winning Kia EV6, EV6 GT and Niro EV<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">IRVINE, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 22, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-person\">Kia America<\/span> is plugging into Electrify Expo San Francisco from <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 23-24<\/span> in Alameda Point, <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, as part of the brand&#8217;s continued campaign to educate consumers on the ease of EV&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}