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Telluride wins award

Posted on 29 June, 2017
Telluride wins award

The Kia Telluride Concept car has received a 2017 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) bronze medal in the ‘Transportation’ category. The Telluride was designed at Kia’s California design studio, Kia Design Centre America. "It highlights how our designers are creating compelling concept vehicles as a foundation to lead into production-ready cars. I am very proud of our design team and the award from IDSA," says president and chief design officer for Kia Motors, Peter Shreyer. The Telluride was unveiled in 2016, and includes a three-row, seven-passenger, luxury SUV concept. It features a modern and upright shape, muscular stance, and – for maximum comfort – a longer wheelbase than many other production Kia models. The concept focuses on the passenger experience and comfort of second-row occupants, whose seats can recline nearly flat with large fold-away footrests. Front- and middle-row passenger seats feature a series of precise diamond-cut openings in the seatbacks, each embedded with Smart Sensors to capture a passenger’s vital health information. Passenger vitals are then displayed on interior door panel screens, and synchronize with a Light Emitted Rejuvenation (LER) system. The LER system utilizes a large LED panel in the ceiling which displays therapeutic light patterns to treat desynchronosis, more commonly known as jetlag, and improve passengers’ energy levels.