Hyundai gets 1,000 retail orders for its Avante LPI hybrid in South Korea
Hyundai Avante LPI Hybrid - Click for high-res image gallery
Hyundai only launched retail sales of its first hybrid a couple of weeks ago, but the South Korean automaker has already received 1,000 orders in its home market. Hyundai's hybrid system has been installed in the Avante (which is sold elsewhere as the Elantra). The Avante is the first retail hybrid available with an engine running on liquefied petroleum gas.
The Avante uses a 15 kW electric motor mounted between the engine and transmission along with an integrated starter-generator to provide stop-start functionality. Hyundai has no plans to sell this or the Kia Forte hybrid outside of Korea in their current forms. However, Hyundai will launch a hybrid version of the new Sonata with a 30 kW motor later in 2010 in North America. The redesigned Sonata will debut in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Sonata will use a lithium polymer battery, the first such application in a hybrid.
[Source: Canadian Driver]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
downtoearth 11:24AM (7/06/2009)
That thing got a Hemi?????
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paulwesterberg 11:53AM (7/06/2009)
no
Alan 4:19AM (7/07/2009)
Their 2012 plug-in hybrid might be tempting, hope it's a looker though. Coupe is so nice yet the rest of their range is quite plain.
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