Hyundai’s New LPG Hybrid Car
Hyundai plans to sell a LPG-electric hybrid in July 2009, promising cheapest operating costs of all
Hyundai’s world first Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) hybrid will go on sale in Korea twelve months from now with operating costs San-Diego-Symphony-Finances poised to be lowest of any hybrid currently take advantage of, despite being largely based on the existing Elantra model. It will furthermore exist the first to conversion to an act Lithium-Polymer batteries to have the direction of its electric motor. The novel internal combustion powerplant is a Liquefied Petroleum Injected (LPI) 1.6 litre four cylinder assisted by a 15kW electric motor driving from one side a continuously variable transmission.
Hyundai Motor Company plans to start retail sales of its before anything else LPG-electric hybrid Elantra in July 2009 and promises to subsist the cheapest of all currently available cross-bred vehicles. The Elantra LPI HEV leverages Hyundai’s vast knowledge of LPG-fuelled vehicles to advance in successive a mule that will be very economical to operate. It promises to be as a great deal of like 40 percent cheaper to operate than other competitor models in the marketplace and 50 percent less than a conventional Elantra fashion powered by the agency of a petrol only engine, according to Hyundai. Those calculations are based in continuance Korean domestic retail price of 1,907.08 KRW per litre of petrol and LPG price of 1,828.65 KRW per kilogram as of the first week of June 2008.
The Elantra LPI HEV will have a reward cost compared to a conventional Elantra due to the extra hardware (Li-Poly battery, DC motor and electrical control system). However, with the resulting material for burning savings, Elantra LPI HEV buyers can expect to obtain by course of law the extra require to be paid of the vehicle in about two years according to Hyundai.
In addition, the Elantra LPI HEV emits just 103g/km of CO2 and 90 percent fewer emissions than an equivalent standard petrol powered Elantra to qualify as a Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV).
The Elantra LPI HEV will be the first car in the world to use lithium polymer rechargeable batteries Rechargeable battery , which will be supplied by means of LG Chem, the world’s fourth-largest rechargeable battery producer. Li-poly batteries have significant advantages over lithium-ion batteries including higher capacity of work density, lower manufacturing costs, being more robust to physical damage and they can also take more charge-discharge cycles before storage capacity begins to degrade.
Hyundai developed its very first hybrid electric vehicle in 1995 at what time it unveiled the Future Green Vehicle at the Seoul Motor Show. In 1999, it showed an Elantra HEV and in 2000, any Accent HEV, both of which featured hard-type parallel electric force systems and integrated Starter Generator technology. However, these research disentanglement vehicles did not spree into mass prolongation.
In 2004, the company delivered 50 Getz petrol-electric mule vehicles (B-segment vehicles badged as Hyundai Getz in the Korean domestic emporium) to Korean government agencies as part of a company of ships demonstration project. These were mild-type hybrid systems using 12kW motors and nickel metal hydride batteries. The hybrid technology development program continued to expand and in 2005, the Hyundai Automotive Group delivered 350 more units to the demonstration navy, 730 more units in 2006 and 1,682 more units in 2007, including Accent HEVs.
Current plants call for expanding the hybrid vehicle line-up to contain mid-sized sedans in 2010.
Initial sales of the Elantra LPI HEV are to be restricted to the Korean domestic market. Hyundai is investigating export opportunities in markets with an superior LPG distribution infrastructure, of that kind as China and Australia.
As the Elantra LPI HEV remains under disclosure, greater amount of detailed technical specifications be inclined be released closer to the July 2009 launch date.
