video review: hyundai’s plug-in sonata saves fuel with understatement - lithium ion polymer battery
2016 modern Sonata plug
Sales of hybrid cars should be easy.
It is quiet at the speed of the road.
It prevents sharp bumps from reaching your Kester, spacious and conservative for the car pool gang.
Of course, it is very fuel. efficient.
In fact, some car owners may rarely fill their cars with gasoline.
Charging on 120-for about 9 hours
Volt current, or with 240 for less than three hours, Sonata should cruise 27 miles without any deaths
Dinosaur fuel.
When the price of gasoline soared, the car looked like a savior. Nowadays?
When is gasoline cheap?
The car may have to pull over to make way for consumers to rush back to S. U. V.
American, pickup and crossover vehicles. Sonata Plug-
Ford Fusion Energi is the only real competitor, and until the default is standard gas/electric hybrid operation, it runs nearly 19 miles on electricity alone.
Modern is 8 miles faster than this.
True, the Chevrolet Volt is 50 miles from its battery pack, but it's a much smaller car.
For those who didn't notice, Honda gave up the Accord Plugin. Hyundai’s plug-in joins gas-
Only a mixed Sonata with the standard.
Starting at $35,435 before the government rewards.
After applying a $3,600 federal tax credit, the model is $4,910 more than a standard hybrid.
Two people share a 2-
Upgraded gasoline engine, but the electric drive motor built into the transmission is more powerful on the plugin. The 50-
The kW motor replaces the torque converter.
This clever engineering technology contributed 202 of the total horsepower. But lithiumion-
The polymer battery takes a large piece out of the modern trunk space.
The rear seats will not be folded.
Drivers familiar with electric cars will notice the wonderful dynamics of Sonata.
Even in pure electric mode it feels like a very quiet gas
Because it uses 6-speed gearbox.
Pure electric vehicles tend to adopt a fixed single ratio, and the transmission of most hybrid vehicles is continuously variable.
The car seamlessly switches to a gas/electric hybrid system when the battery is dead, and a vibrant Toyota Prius is always on.
EPA ratings plugs
99 miles per gallon at all and 40 metres. p. g.
In mixed mode-
A number that is easy to implement.
Focus on unique instrument clusters and centers-
Screen graphics may have improved my results.
Standard Sonata Hybrid is a little more efficient than plug-in
When it uses two power supplies at the same time.
In more than 8 seconds, the speed from rest to 60 miles per hour is fast enough.
Hyundai has recently given its car more sense of the road, although the steering wheel will not talk to your fingertips like Cadillac ATSV’s.
Draw the destination in the navigation system, if the car is traveling more than 40 m, Sonata will remind the driver when the Coastp. h.
The next section of the road is allowed.
Hyundai claims that this feature improves fuel efficiency by about 3%.
Different from the new Prius plug
The new Sonata does not look like a scientific experiment.
This understatement continues inside, and the cabin is almost the same for a hybrid or gasoline --only version. A large touch-
The screen interface is very simple.
Gas models added Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in June, which will be available for hybrid and plug-and-play models later this summer
Mixed mode. The top-
The tested end Limited model obtained leather chairs for adaptive cruise control, heating and ventilation, and heating wheels.
Before any government credit and incentives, it retails for $39,435.
Sadly, there is no skylight of any kind.
There's a lot of space in the back seat of two adults, just 600-
The total mileage of this car has not been tested yet.
Not only modern 10-year, 100,000-
The mile warranty applies and the battery pack covers the service life of the car.
While the numbers and efficiency are not exciting, the Sonata plugin
Meet through refinement, spaciousness and gas-
Sip almost without sacrifice.
Because how long can this cheap gas last?