Hyundai has introduced its new PHEV version of Sonata sedan that is to be marketed shortly in Korea and North America.
The company boasts about a class-leading range of 43km in pure electric mode for its first ever PHEV, which is a boon from the 9.8kWh lithium polymer battery system, five times in size of the Sonata hybrid battery.
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According to Hyundai the battery system is chargeable through an external electric power source deploying either a Level-One 120V power outlet in less than nine hours or a Level-Two 240V charging station in under three hours.
Electric power is supplied by a 50kW electric motor, mounted within the six-speed automatic transmission, while the IC power comes from the Hyundai’s 2-liter Nu four-cylinder GDI engine, which yields 154ps and 190Nm of torque.
