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Hyundai delivers keys to first Tucson Fuel Cell customer; leasing for $499/mo, with unlimited free fueling; first drive

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First customer Tim Bush and family (center), with John Patterson (left) and Dave Zuchowski, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America (right). Hyundai thus is first out the gate with the next wave of “mass-produced” fuel cell vehicles. —Dave Zuchowski, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America. Click to enlarge.

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Hyundai Unveils Its First Production Gasoline Direct Injection Engine

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Hyundai Motor Company unveiled the 2.4 Theta II GDI, its first Gasoline Direct Injection engine before an audience of engineers attending the Ninth Annual Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference in Korea. GDI application will subsequently be expanded across the gasoline engine family and applied to other Hyundai models.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. moves to tighten fuel-economy and greenhouse gasrules.

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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

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This is impressive as there are only 55 operating hydrogen fuel stations in the state and the availability of hydrogen is sometimes spotty. For perspective, China, which is far larger than California, has 250 and Japan, which is roughly that same size as California but populated by three times as many people, has 160 stations.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. Doubts PHEVs have environmental benefits. Red Herring ).

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