Comments on: Hyundai’s 2.35 litres per 100km Hybrid Concept

By: lazybones

lazybones — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:08:12 +0000

Yes, the concept of true emissions free motoring is total BS. But then again you can’t walk, run, ride a bike with-out emitting Co2 anyway.

The difference with electriciy is you have the option to buy 100% green energy if you want or even make your own via PV solar and offset. No other power source gives you that option currently.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:24:03 +0000

Point taken, but what im getting at is if we are meant to be green conscious when selecting a car, how come the emissions shifting doesnt register.

Thats all it is in my book, simply passing the blame and making it the power plants problem to make it green

By: Callous Aussie

Callous Aussie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:36:05 +0000

For any enthusiast the promise of massive reductions in fuel use should be viewed with delight. It means that petrol cars will be with us a lot longer.

By: lazybones

lazybones — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:31:59 +0000

I hear what your saying Andrew, but we don’t do this with cars anyway. We only ever look at tail pipe emissions. If we started comparing the emissions from producing a litre of Petrol + tail pipe then we would have a fair argument for comparing electricity emissions per KW. But electricity is always going to win simply because you can produce it yourself Co2 free, unlike petrol.

By: UMWAHT

UMWAHT — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:35:47 +0000

how poor can you be to need to get 2.35 litres per 100km?

and these over-exaggerated futuristic cars make me sick

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:26:03 +0000

Yeah, I get your point, but it is still a consumer of electricity hence some emissions must be blamed upon it appropriately.

I dont see what the A/C example has to do with it, I could also use the same theory to say having a car that consumes 15L is nothing purely because in comparison to a Kenworth truck its nothing.

Its all relative, and Im not saying one is more acceptable than the other, Im just asking for the full story to be told. Stop this zero emission BS because its false.

By: Davo

Davo — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:07:27 +0000

Re the pollution concerns of recharging these plugins:
Hopefully & more than likely most plug ins will be charged overnight on base load
power when most of us are about to hit the pillow after 11PM till 5AM or later.
This base load power is needed to keep the grid running regardless of the power source be it coal,hydro,or renewable sources.
Electricity networks are unable to be switched off & an overnight recharge of these vehicles has no extra impact.
It could be argued that our growing addiction to household air conditioning cancels out the benefit of these vehicles by a huge up margin.
A recharge overnight or at any other time is nothing compared to running the split system.We have become soft in my opinion & wont put up with the heat & sweat.
Off MY soapbox.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:20:42 +0000

Id be pretty suss about the fuel economy claims…..

I bet the electric cycle is formulated into it quite heavily.
How big is the fuel tank?? that will tell us how they calculated it.

I also disagree that not very often is power consumption spoken about when talking these plugins.
Apparently the plug-in charge is done with thin air……

When are they going to rate electricity consumption and related pollution to give a true image????

By: Shak

Shak — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:43:21 +0000

Well all i can say is good for Hyundai. They are showing the rest of the world that they can compete and that they have the money brains and the tech to back up their newfound push for world automotive domination.

By: Frenchie

Frenchie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:12:06 +0000

Mass produced……..MMMMM. Think it will be a while before we see it,”mass produced”, especially here in Australia.