This isn't the first time Kia has toyed with the idea of a Soul spinoff – at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, it presented the Soul'ster, a rough-and-tumble concept vehicle with a small pickup bed.

Kia’s electric PV5 has been spied testing ... Note: the gallery below also contains shots of the concept and also a Carscoops rendering of how the PV5 could look.

The Kia GT Concept just revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show presages a new rear-wheel drive production platform, though we're guessing the final product won't look much like this coupe-like ...

We’re all familiar with electric cars, bikes and even buses, but what about everything else that shares our roads? What about the taxis, minibuses and delivery vans of all shapes and sizes?