Hyundai / Kia wants 25% lower fuel consumption in 2020

Posted on 10-11-2014 at 11:23 by maru – No comments”

To meet the stricter emission requirements in South Korea, the United States and Europe to meet, like Hyundai Motors and its affiliate Kia Motors the emissions of their cars, reducing by 25 percent between now and 2020. To achieve this, there are a lot of hybrid powertrains played.

The South Korean duo in the fingers carved through the consumption of their cars on paper rosy estimate. The U.s. government imposed a fine of $ 350 million. To avoid that in the future there are still more rules are violated, bring to the automobile manufacturers on the development of new engines and transmissions, they make their most important models lighter and expanding the range of environmentally friendly cars.

This last category includes a plug-in hybrid Hyundai i40 for next year, a plug-in hybrid, Kia Optima 2016, and both brands are coming up with a competitor for the Toyota Prius. Also a hybrid Kia Sorento is in the planning, but for more details about this car we should have until next year to have patience. (via Reuters)