Hyundai Launches First Hybrid Car In South Korean Market
Published:08-July-2009
By Staff Reporter
New hybrid to meet booming demand for fuel-saving vehicles in South Korea
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor has launched its first hybrid car in the domestic market. The carmaker’s Elantra LPI, a hybrid model of its compact sedan, would use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and lithium ion polymer batteries.
Hyundai said that the Elantra LPI could travel 17.8 kilometers a liter of LPG or 38.5 kilometers for the price of one liter of gasoline in South Korea.
The vehicle emits fewer emissions than its equivalent standard petrol powered Elantra and California's Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle standard, as it emits 99g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Earlier, Hyundai started taking pre-orders for its first hybrid vehicle for commercial sale in South Korea.
The car would be sold only in the domestic market. The company is developing gasoline-electric hybrids, the same combination used by the Prius, for overseas markets - reported Bloomberg. Hyundai would launch the gasoline-electric in the second half of 2010.
