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Hyundai and Kia open $58M green tech center
by Jonathon Ramsey on Jul 20th 2007 at 9:02PM 
Bolstering their green credentials and commitment to the environment, Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have teamed up on a $50 million green tech R&D center. The purpose of the facility will be to "accelerate the commercialization of fuel-cell electric vehicles," and it is kitted out with a hydrogen filling station, an endurance tester, emissions lab, and dynos. There is also a prototype plant for automated vehicle dismantling that will explore options for bettering the amount of recyclables in the modern car. Even the toilets at the facility are green: they are vacuum units, as on airplanes, that will save 1,500 tons of water per year. Hyundai and Kia have not been considered major players in the hybrid movement, but, depending on what starts to come out of this center, that could change rather soon.
[Source: Inside Line]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Max Merak 1:10AM (7/21/2007)
Hyundai and Kia have spread all over Orange County. Honestly, I don't think they're so bad.
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Nick Minetti 11:02PM (7/20/2007)
Damn these Koreans!!! They're gonna end up owning everything!
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hotstreak 11:38PM (7/20/2007)
Hurray for Hyundai! Pretty soon they'll be just as popular as Honda and Toyota.
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Bryan 3:39AM (7/21/2007)
Spend $500M - $1B and I'll take you seriously, it sounds like a $50M ad campaign. Hey look at me!!
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Frank Zappa 7:22PM (7/25/2007)
They fail to mention in the article that the plant opened in 2005.
Ooops.
Frank Zappa 7:23PM (7/25/2007)
They fail to mention that the R&D facility opened in 2005.
Ooops.
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