Kia opens new Sustainable Mobility Solutions Centre

Kia has opened a new Sustainable Mobility Solutions Experience Centre in Quito, Ecuador.

Named E-Ground, the new innovative space is designed to inspire the region towards a greener future. The centre will host a permanent exhibition that conveys the latest advances in electric vehicle technology and best practices in sustainability, encouraging curiosity, learning and deeper understanding about the role we all play in creating a greener future.

Its design takes after the Fibonacci spiral, a mathematical sequence that represents the way nature creates life and is found in countless natural forms and phenomena and is found in flower buds and seashells to the human proportions and galaxies.

The centre has further been designed to maximise energy, water and material efficiency. It sports a photovoltaic system to generate electricity, and makes use of ECOPact concrete, which is said to reduce carbon emissions by between 30% and 50%. The centre further makes use of LED lighting and has a rainwater collection and treatment system.

By establishing the first Kia E-Ground in Ecuador, Kia seeks to inspire other countries in central and south America to accelerate their transition to electromobility.