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New Hyundai Kona Hybrid 1.6

The future is bright: LED strip runs across the Hyundai Kona Hybrid's front and back.

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SINGAPORE – If the future is electric, the new Hyundai Kona Hybrid is an excellent foretaste of things to come – especially for those who are not quite ready to embrace full electrification.

The car, which still very much depends on an internal combustion engine, has an electric motor which can drive it at crawling speeds. But that is not its unique selling point – Toyota has had that proposition for 30 years.

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