Hyundai Blue-Will

  • 2015 Hyundai Sonata 2.4 Limited

    It's been a quiet period for hybrid news lately, with the 2016 Toyota Prius launch delayed and still more than a year away. But further down the road, it appears that both Hyundai and Ford now plan to offer dedicated hybrids--vehicles designed specifically around a hybrid powertrain that offer no gasoline-only version. That's been the model followed by Toyota for the Prius since 1997. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius Launch Pushed Back Six Months: Report But aside from the now-defunct Honda Insight, there have been no other volume cars designed solely as hybrids. That will apparently change in...

  • Hyundai Blue-Will Concept, 2010 Detroit Auto Show
    Hyundai Shifts First Plug-in Hybrid to 2013

    South Korean automaker Hyundai has been chasing Toyota’s hybrid halo for a while now with its Sonata Hybrid and now it wants a piece of the plug-in hybrid action too, a company official has confirmed. Talking anonymously to Reuters, the official said “We plan to launch a plug-in hybrid...

  • Hyundai BLUE-WILL Hybrid
    2011 New York Auto Show: Hyundai Gives Prius Competitor Green Light For Production

    Two more 40-mpg cars will arrive from Hyundai in the “next couple of years.” This comes from an executive interview conducted by Inside Line at the 2011 New York Auto Show. What is even more interesting is that one of those 40-mpg cars that Hyundai has confirmed will be moving to...

  • Hyundai Blue-Will plug-in hybrid concept, Seoul Motor Show, April 2009
    Will Hyundai Hammer Honda In Fight For Greenest Carmaker Title?

    For many years, Honda was routinely awarded the title of greenest carmaker in the U.S. market. But its most recent green cars have stumbled, and a dark-horse competitor is rising fast toward taking the coveted title, conferred every few years by the Union of Concerned Scientists. It's not Nissan...

  • 2007 Hyundai i-Blue fuel cell concept
    Report: Hyundai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Coming In 2012

    Hyundai is determined to turn itself into a leader in the field of hybrid and electric vehicles, having already unveiled a number of production vehicles and concepts. One of these was the 2007 Hyundai i-Blue, a hydrogen powered, zero-emission concept powered by the automaker’s third generation...

  • Hyundai BLUE-WILL Hybrid
    Hyundai Plans Prius-Fighter Hybrid Hatchback, Lithium Battery

    The hybrid wars look like they're heating up, with aggressive challenger Hyundai planning a dedicated hybrid that takes direct aim at the iconic Toyota Prius. The company is "studying" a unique hybrid vehicle, one that shares no body panels with an existing model, according to Miles Johnson...

  • 2011 Hyundai Sonata

    Right now, if you want a midsize sedan that's also a hybrid, you have exactly two choices: the 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid, or the new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. That's about to change. Six weeks hence, at the 2010 New York Auto Show, Hyundai will take the wraps off its 2011 Sonata Hybrid. The fuel-sipping four-door is the latest proof of the Korean maker's intent to go head-to-head with the struggling Toyota leviathan. The 2011 Hyundai Sonata itself was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show last December, at the same time that Hyundai announced that to improve its gas mileage, it would no longer...

  • Hyundai Blue-Will Concept, 2010 Detroit Auto Show
    2010 Detroit Auto Show: Hyundai Blue-Will Plug-In Hybrid Concept

    We somehow omitted one hybrid concept until now in our 2010 Detroit Auto Show coverage; it's the Hyundai Blue-Will four-door sports sedan, which is unusual in both name and looks. Some loved it, some loathed it, but we're as interested in its plug-in hybrid powertrain as in the rather nervous...

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