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Hyundai boosted by early hybrid success

Green Cars News

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.

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Hyundai launches Elantra hybrid

Green Cars News

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. litres as well as a 15kW Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor and a Continuously Variable Transmission.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Fourth, like all fossil fuels hydrogen is highly volatile, far more so than petrol.

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Hyundai-Kia takes hybrid programme forward

Green Cars News

The work on the transmission has taken three years and was carried out at the Namyang Research and Development facility in South Korea. The company has developed its first, independent continuously variable transmission (CVT) for application in the Hyundai Elantra LPI Hybrid and the Kia Forte LPI Hybrid. Elantra.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

This includes Norway and South Korea, by 2025. We would recommend signalling a phase-out date for new petrol vehicles between 2030 and 2032, and confirming that in law in 2024/2025. Successful schemes should be designed to capture CO2, fuel economy, NOx and safety benefits. There are at least 31 countries and U.S.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that. Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production. billion" is needed to do what exactly?

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