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Kia is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Their current Battery Electric Vehicle lineup includes the Kia Soul EV, and the Kia E-Niro. By the year 2025, they will have a lineup of 11 pure BEV vehicles for sale. Is this a great leap forward, or too little too late? Neil Dunlop works for Kia North America.Subscribe to the podcast at www.CentralEV.org/podcast, and remember to give us a good rating!timestamps:00:00 ~ "Justin Bieber" talks about his Fisker Karma02:36 ~ Announcements04:08 ~ Is Kia moving fast enough?08:45 ~ CES stories. What is an "autobus?"11:27 ~ Robots and the new mobility paradigm13:51 ~ Kia Soul EV gets World Car of the Year16:13 ~ What's up with Batteries?18:00 ~ Talking cars21:20 ~ EV's are better22:25 ~ Guy's camping nightmare23:37 ~ The Icarus metaphor32:24 ~ The burden of choice and Plato's Cave41:55 ~ What are you most afraid of? What are you most hopeful for?45:24 ~ What's it like being the PR guy?49:12 ~ Career path avenues52:02 ~ The Wildcat Racing Team56:18 ~ Upcoming Events and the effects of COVID59:19 ~ Inspirational quote1:01:01 ~ Epilogue