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Hyundai introduces lifetime hybrid battery guarantee
It was announced at the North American International Auto Show last month – and now it is official: Hyundai will offer a lifetime hybrid battery replacement guarantee on all new models of the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid in the USA. In a first-of-its-kind for the industry, the Hyundai Lifetime Hybrid Battery Replacement Guarantee means that the [...]
Hyundai showcases new fuel efficient engines
South Korean car maker Hyundai seized the opportunity at the 11th Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference, by releasing two new powertrains: the Gamma 1.6 T-GDI engine; and the Euro6 R-2.0 diesel engine. The Gamma 1.6 T-GDI was developed over 52 months and cost the company around US$61.3million. It has reduced engine out emissions to meet California’s [...]
Kia to launch TAM electric car
Hyundai-Kia has announced that its first electric car will launch before the end of the year. It is not known when the Korean car group will launch an electric model over here, although the firm plans to increase EV production in 2014. To be released under the group’s Kia brand, the new model will be [...]
EU officials test hydrogen fuel cell car
Hyundai’s prototype ix35 fuel cell electric vehicle has been selected to give Members of the European Parliament and EU officials a taste of the future for hydrogen-powered cars and prove the real-world possibilities of the technology. The car maker’s SUV fuel cell model was selected by the European Commission-backed Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking [...]
Hyundai-Kia reveals new hybrid car power pack
Korean car makers Hyundai and Kia have selected Infineon Technologies to be the supplier of the power modules for its current generation of hybrid cars – which will include the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and the Kia Optima Hybrid. The HybridPACK 1 power module has been designed for mild hybrid applications with a power range up [...]
Hyundai-Kia plans split offensive at green cars
Hyundai and Kia may be part of the same automotive group, but the way each brand targets green cars will be very different. According to Yang Woong-Chul, the vice president of Hyundai-Kia, speaking at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Kia will focus on electric cars while Hyundai will work on plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell [...]
Hyundai fuel cell car arrives in London
Ah who needs Frankfurt any hey?! Not when yours truly was lucky enough to head down to the low carbon motoring show Ecovelocity last week, and along with throngs of green car fans watch the Hyundai ix35 FCEV car makes its UK debut. One of the first hydrogen fuel cell cars to even be seen [...]
Hyundai reveals Blue Drive electric models
With so many exciting, new green and low emissions cars being revealed this morning at the opening press day of the Frankfurt Motor Show, it is hard not to know where to begin. Thankfully for us it seems the Hyundai stand may have just caught our eye long enough to report some of the Korean [...]
Hyundai’s fuel cell car comes to the UK
Hyundai’s exciting fuel cell hydrogen car, the ix35 FCEV is set to make its UK debut at the Ecovelocity show next week. Just one of the many highlights of the low carbon motoring festival set to take place in the grounds of Battersea Power Station, the ix35 will even be available for passenger rides at [...]
New Hyundai i20 Blue emits just 98g/km CO2
Having launched its first sub-100g/km CO2 car earlier this year, in the form of the i10 Blue, Hyundai now adds another road-tax dodging model in the form of the i20 Blue. The second model to use the Blue sub-brand name, designed to denote the car maker’s lowest emitting models, the new i20 Blue emits just [...]
