Regenerative braking harvests kinetic energy that recharges your battery pack while coasting or braking. The Coasting Guide analyses your route to let you know when to take your foot off the pedal. The Virtual Engine Sound System activates in electric-only mode to safely alert pedestrians of your presence.
Enjoy the convenience of easy charging from a household socket or at a public charging station.At an AC Charge charging station, you can recharge the battery (up to 100%) in approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. Easily visilble from outside the vehicle 3 LED lights in the middle of the dashboard tell you the charging status and battery level.
Smart Parking Assist (SPA) controls the steering wheel to help you into parallel and perpendicular parking spaces. SPA also lends a hand when departing from a parallel parking space. All you have to do is control the speed and shift gears. (Image shown is the Kia XCeed for illustration purposes of SPA)
Blind-Spot Collision Warning (BCW) uses radar to monitor your blind spots, warning you of approaching cars with a warning sound and a symbol on the side-view mirror. (Image shown is the Kia XCeed for illustration purposes for BCW)
High Beam Assist (HBA) detects vehicles travelling towards you or ahead of you and automatically changes to low beam, ensuring the best possible visibility without dazzling other road users. (Image shown is the Kia XCeed for illustration purposes for HBA)
Kia's first European-built plug-in hybrid powertrain combines an 8.9 kWh battery, a 44.5 kW electric motor and a 1.6 GDI engine with six-speed double-clutch transmission. The output is impressive:141ps for 0-100kmph acceleration in 11 seconds. And you can complete most daily drives on electric power alone.
Kia Connectservices power your Kia with a number of connected services. Navigation is performed using live traffic data for the best possible route and journey time estimate, and your destination searches draw their results from the internet for maximum accuracy and relevance. You also have access to weather information, as well as live fuel prices for stations around you. And when you've almost arrived at your destination, Kia Connecthelps you find public parking spaces, with pricing and availability for parking locations near you.
Interact with your XCeed wherever you are. With the Kia Connectapp, you can get the status of your car such as the distance it can travel or whether all doors are properly closed - at a glance, and you get notified if anything seems wrong. You also have access to a number of convenience features like Send To Car, which lets you select a destination on your phone and send it to your XCeed. You can also create a user profile so your preferred vehicle settings - like the orientation of the map or how your XCeed alerts you to speed cameras - apply once behind the wheel. When you park your car before arriving at your exact destination, the Kia Connectapp can also provide you guidance to complete the journey on foot.
