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Hyundai-Kia Develops Liquefied Petroleum Gas Hybrid Powertrain

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Due to the costs, most automobile manufacturers chose a gasoline engine instead of a diesel powerplant when designing a hybrid vehicle. Based on a 1.6 l four-cylinder petrol engine Hyundai-Kia has developed a further alternative. In the Elantra the OEM firstly installs a hybrid powertrain, which features an internal-combustion engine working with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

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  1. Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, South Korea

    Sung-Kun Kim (General Manager Engine Control System Design Team), Jin-Seok Park (Principal Research Engineer Engine Control System Design Team), Jong-Sub Lee (Principal Research Engineer Gasoline Engine Design Team) & Chun-Woo Lee (Principal Research Engineer Gasoline Engine Test Team)

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Kim, SK., Park, JS., Lee, JS. et al. Hyundai-Kia Develops Liquefied Petroleum Gas Hybrid Powertrain. ATZ Autotechnol 10, 34–38 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03247154

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