Hyundai Blue-Will

The Hyundai Blue-Will is a plug-in petrol-electric hybrid concept compact car designed by Hyundai Motor Company and debuted at the 2009 Seoul Motor Show. Code-named HND-4, it was the fourth concept from Hyundai's Namyang Design Center and a test-bed for hybrid ideas, built on the Blue Drive architecture with a strong parallel hybrid system that can run on electric power alone, on the engine, or on both. Its all-aluminum 1.6-litre four-cylinder gasoline direct injection engine develops 152 horsepower and works with a 100 kilowatt electric motor for a combined 286 horsepower, and Hyundai said it could run up to 40 miles on a single electric charge. The wedge-shaped four-door hatchback body has rear suicide doors, an LED panel where the grille would be, carbon-fiber reinforced plastics and bioplastic interior parts. Its hybrid system was due to reach production in the Elantra LPI Hybrid and the Sonata Hybrid late in 2010.