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A little birdie tells us that Hyundai has signed an agreement with Korea's state-run power company to develop an electric car and charging system that will be ready for sale in Korea by 2011.






The car itself will be done by Hyundai and its Kia subsidiary, with Korean Electric Power Co. working on the EV battery charger.


Hyundai may already have the car well-in hand. It showed a prototype city EV, the i10 Electric (right), at the Frankfurt auto show earlier this year.


The car used a 16 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack and promiosed a top speed of 80 mpgh and a range of up to 100 miles on a single charge.


The memo calls for the first charger and a prototype Hyundai EV to be ready in just 10 months - August 2010 - with the car and charger to be ready to go on sale sometime in 2011.
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Tags: Energy Companies, Hyundai, Kia, Plug-ins and Electric, EV, EV Charging, Hyundai Developing EV, Hyundai Electric Car, KEPCO

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Hyundai-Kia, Korean State Power Co. to Collaborate on EV and Charging System was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.