Hyundai Announces World's First LPG Hybrid Production Car
Hyundai Motor Company plans to start retail sales of its first
LPG-electric hybrid vehicle in July 2009. To be sold initially in
the Korean domestic market, 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
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