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TIL that in 1995 Kia was showing a range extended gas/electric (the Kev-4 concept car) with regenerative braking and solar powered air conditioner. It would drive on electricity alone for 117 miles. Its 880cc gas engine could stretch that farther. This was 15 years before the Chevy Volt.

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