KUCHING: Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) announced plans to maintain its leadership and achieve a corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rating of at least 50 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025 for its lineup of passenger cars and light duty trucks.
INNOVATION: Hyundai is poised to maintain its fuel-economy leadership as projected data for the 2009 model year shows Hyundai retaining its edge over the industry. Forecasts show a 2009 model-year fuel economy rating of 30.1 mpg for passenger cars and light duty trucks.
“Current National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulations require automakers to achieve a CAFE rating of 35.5 mpg by 2016.
Before those rules were enacted last year, Hyundai had already announced its own plan to reach 35 mpg by 2015,” its press statement said.
Hyundai’s announcement of this long-term goal of delivering a minimum 50 mpg CAFE rating by 2025 is consistent with its philosophy of setting stretch objectives that align its resources, challenge its team members, and delight consumers and society.
Hyundai president and chief executive officer John Krafcik said, “We are committed to setting the pace in this industry on fuel economy, and we’re inspired by the possibilities that our advanced Blue Drive technologies afford.
“Getting to 50 mpg and beyond seems like a huge leap, but by making this commitment and aligning our research and development initiatives now, we know we can get there.” Hyundai had shown that customers will flock to high-quality, stylish products offering high fuel economy.
The game-changing all-new 2011 Hyundai Sonata is the first mid-size family sedan to offer only four-cylinder engines.
The Sonata achieved an EPA highway rating of 35 mpg, yet leads competitors in power output through the use of advanced gasoline direct injection (GDI).
“This is our simple formula for success in the automobile industry,” said Krafcik.
“Rather than fighting fuel economy regulation, we encourage our Hyundai engineers to deliver more fuel efficiency, faster, accelerating the benefits to our customers, society, and the planet.”