TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Hyundai said on Wednesday that its whole product lineup in the United States would average at least 50 miles per gallon by 2025 — somehow. That would be development of about 60 percent from the ratings of the cars and trucks Hyundai sells today.Hyundai Motor America’s chief executive, John Krafcik, acknowledged that the objective was a stretch, but said he was “very confident” the company could reach it.
Mr. Krafcik said Hyundai expected to often use technologies available today with modifications to decrease fuel consumption. He said the company predicted a 2025 lineup in which 75 to 80 percent of vehicles still ran on traditional gas engines.
Hyundai by currently is the nation’s fuel-economy leader, with an average rating of 30.9 miles per gallon in 2008, the mainly recent year for which the Environmental Protection Agency has released ratings. That contrasted with ratings of 30.1 for Honda, 29 for Toyota and about 24 for all three Detroit automakers.
By 2016, the United States will need automakers to have an average rating of at least 35.5 miles per gallon under rules formed last year.
But in order to average 50 miles per gallon through the whole lineup, he said some vehicles would require to be rated at 60 m.p.g. or above in order to balance out less competent models.
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