Green Cars News
JULY 7, 2009
Achieve forty miles per gallon or cut carbon dioxide emissions to an average of 140g/km - that’s the target that has been set by the South Korean Presidential Committee on Green Growth. Despite the fact that average CO2 emissions in the country in 2007 stood at 201g/km, the committee has set this ambitious target for 2015.
Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2009
The car, the world’s first production hybrid electric vehicle to be powered by a Liquefied Petroleum Injected (LPI) engine, goes on sale in South Korea next Wednesday (8 July). The Elantra LPI HEV emits 99 g/km of CO2 and 90% fewer emissions than an equivalent standard gasoline-powered Elantra. L/100km, 51 mpg US).
Green Cars News
JULY 2, 2009
Hyundai Motor Corporation has received more than 1,000 pre-sale orders for the Avente/Elantra LPI hybrid since June 17 ahead of the car going on sale in South Korea on July 8. The LPI Hybrid qualifies as a Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle and has a fuel economy rating of 17.8km/l (42mpg) - the petrol equivalent fuel economy is 51mpg.
Green Cars News
JUNE 20, 2009
South Korea’s largest car manufacturer, Hyundai, has now started to take pre-orders for its first hybrid vehicle for commercial sale. Its fuel economy rating is 42mpg with a petrol equivalent economy of 51mpg. This is a 47 per cent improvement when compared to the conventional 1.6litre Elantra.
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 14, 2009
The work on the transmission has taken three years and was carried out at the Namyang Research and Development facility in South Korea. It has a fuel economy rating of 53mpg – a 47 per cent improvement over the 1.6l The CVT may be applied in other vehicles going forward, but modifications to the system would be needed.
Drive Electric
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
We support the phase-out date for the import of fossil fuel vehicles, between 2030 and 2032. . states with fossil fuel car bans in place. This includes Norway and South Korea, by 2025. Successful schemes should be designed to capture CO2, fuel economy, NOx and safety benefits.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
If no one wants your car (because people think it sucks), then no one will buy it, regardless of how good the fuel economy may or may not be. South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem.
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