HyundaiSonataHybrid2011

During a speech at the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, MI on Wednesday, Hyundai America CEO John Krafcik became the first executive to commit to a 50-mile-per-gallon fleet average and plans to achieve that goal by 2025. That goes well beyond the 35.5 mpg already mandated under ...

In case you missed it, Hyundai gave us a ballpark price for the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. As Hyundai said, expect the hybrid Sonata to start in the mid-$20K neighborhood. Now, considering that the Sonata is a whole lot of ...

Hyundai is banking on the Sonata Hybrid's class-leading fuel efficiency numbers to steal sales from the likes of the Ford Fusion Hybrid and Toyota Camry Hybrid. Hyundai originally guesstimated that the Sonata Hybrid would ...

Next Wednesday at the New York Auto Show, Hyundai will unveil its first U.S. market hybrid model based on the just released Sonata sedan. Unlike the Fusion and Camry hybrids which are barely distinguishable from their ...

LG Chem made it official today. The South Korean manufacturer is moving forward with plans to start production of lithium ion cells in Michigan. LG Chem and its U.S. subsidiary, Compact Power Inc. (CPI), will spend $303 million to build the cell plant in Holland on the west side of Michigan. By ...

Hyundai unveiled the 2011 Sonata at the Los Angeles Auto Show late last year and announced at the time that the U.S. would get a hybrid version – with the first production automotive application of a lithium polymer battery ...