Hyundai Motor Co. this week began selling a hybrid vehicle that runs on a combination of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and battery power. The new model, said to be the first hybrid to use LPG, will not be sold in the U.S.
Bloomberg.com reported that the car, a converted Hyundai Elantra, can travel 17.8 kilometers on a liter of LPG or 38.5 liters for the price of one gallon per gasoline. It emits 99 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer, making it the world’s first vehicle to meet California’s Super Ultra Low Emission vehicle standard.
Liquefied petroleum, commonly used in heating appliances, is synthesized by refining petroleum or so-called “wet” natural gas. It is usually derived from fossil fuel sources.
Bloomberg reported Hyundai is currently developing gasoline-electric hybrids for overseas markets.
The debate over unintended acceleration, having lingered around the periphery of the auto industry for more than two decades, may be about to receive a fatal blow.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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