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Hyundai Elantra LPG/Hybrid

  • World's first 'LPI' hybrid, the first to use advanced Lithium-Polymer batteries

  • Operating costs poised to be lowest of any hybrid currently available

  • Hybrid premium' cost can be recouped in two years through fuel savings

  • Emits just 103g/km of CO2 and 90% fewer pollutants to qualify as Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle

  • Initial sales initially restricted to Korea - launching July 2009

  • Export market opportunities being investigated - including Australia.

     

     

 

Late in 2009 the Korean giant Hyundai will put into production the worlds first LPG Hybrid production vehicle.

Initially the Elantra hybrid will be destined for the local market but in the true sense of Hyundai export plans will be forth coming as soon as possible and Australia is at the top of the list.

Australia and Hyundai go back to 1994  on the release of the Excel a small hatch that was said not to last anymore than 5 years. We were wrong these 94 excels are still going strong . The release of the 97-98 excel moved Hyundai into the number one position for sales in Australia. This continued until 2000 .Since then Hyundai has has a steady position in the Australian market with the Accent, Elantra and now the i30.

With green types of vehicles Hyundai have been paying around with this now since 1995. We wont go into the green cars as that is not what this site is about but will look at the Elantra as a new chapter in Australian alternative fuel motoring and bringing alternative fuel cars into the Australian market at a reasonable price.

 

Here is a excerpt from the recent Hyundai press release

"The Elantra  LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) is the world's first hybrid vehicle to be powered by liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and the first to adopt advanced Lithium Polymer (Li-Poly) batteries.

Powered by a Liquefied Petroleum Injected (LPI) Gamma engine displacing 1.6 litres, a 15kW electric motor and a continuously variable transmission, the Elantra LPI HEV is a mild-type hybrid capable of delivering a competitive fuel economy rating.

"The Elantra LPI HEV demonstrates Hyundai's innovative approach: We have leveraged Hyundai's world leadership in LPG-fuelled vehicles to develop a hybrid that will be very economical to operate," said Dr. Hyun-Soon Lee, president of the Research and Development Division.

Comparing operating costs among different types of hybrid vehicles currently available in the marketplace, the Elantra LPI HEV promises to be the cheapest of all to run. The Elantra LPI HEV promises to be as much as 40 percent cheaper to operate than other competitor models in the marketplace and 50 percent less than a conventional Elantra model powered by a petrol only engine. (Calculations are based on 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)."

Launch of the Elantra 2008