Carbon Footprint Certificate

The new Kia K7 (Cadenza) received a carbon footprint certificate from the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute. It will emit an estimated 29.5tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) throughout its life cycle with 11.8 per cent of those emissions to be produced during the sourcing and refining of raw materials, with 1.8 per cent produced during the vehicle assembly process, and 86.4 per cent produced by vehicle operation. The remaining 0.04 per cent is accounted for during final disposal. Kia has expanded the life cycle assessment to its full line-up in 2006 to provide an evaluation of the environmental impact of its cars from cradle-to-grave. The certificate allows customers to evaluate one metric of the life cycle assessment before purchase.