http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/new...0410010025.html Hyundai Motor introduced its Click hybrid model at a ceremony to celebrate the development of future vehicles, held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Friday. The company has provided 50 hybrid Clicks to the Ministry of Environment and becomes the first Korean automaker to mass produce road-ready hybrid cars. Hyundai Motor has invested W10.6 billion in developing the Click hybrid vehicle, which has a fuel efficiency of 18 kilometers per liter, 5.9 kilometers longer than its gasoline-powered cousins currently on the market. Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-koo said that the company plans to develop a new hybrid car model named the MC by the end of next year and will sell them on the consumer market starting in 2006. Hyundai Motor will invest W300 billion by 2010 to expand its production capacity to 300,000 hybrid cars a year.
According to Google 18 (kilometers / l) = 42.3386252 miles per gallon Did you know you can just type "18 km/l in mpg" in the regular Google Search Bar and it will convert for you? It will do most any conversion.
I'm curious if it's a full or mild hybrid; with MPG of 42, I'm suspecting mild (like the Honda Civic Hybrid). There is no drug or activity that creates a dependency greater than Google. I used to research things in books, search through various websites for information. Now, it's just Google. Pray they don't turn to the Dark Side!
What a horribly vague article. And nothing on Google revealed any details either. They all just generically used the word "hybrid" to indicate "new technology that uses less gas". There was neither a mention of how that was accomplish nor if it would provide any smog emission benefit. Needless to say, my promotion of the terms "Full Hybrid" and "PZEV" is about to kick into high gear (pun intended). Those automakers will good intentions could suffer from those that abuse the "hybrid" term. We'll prevent that from being more specific about what the vehicle is actually designed to deliver. "Full Hybrid" means it can deliver a full range of electric abilities, not just "mild" or "assist" or one that only offers auto-stop. And of course, "PZEV" is obviously a clean rating awarded by the EPA.
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