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Hyundai i30 sedan review: Off-trend car still has its strong points

Hyundai i30 sedan review: Off-trend car still has its strong points Bill McKinnon Affordable, compact and practical, Hyundai’s newest member is unlike many new cars as the South Korean brand revamps an old favourite.

Once upon a time, way back in the 20th century, long before SUVs and one-tonne utes ruled the roads of Australia, the most popular style of vehicle was a much lighter, lower four-door car with a large box in the middle for carrying people and a smaller box at each end.

The front box, as is still common practice, contained the engine; the rear one — called, for some strange reason, “the boot” — was the load compartment. The four-door, three-box sedan is now almost extinct. Many car manufacturers have stopped making it altogether. Nobody wants a sedan any more. Why? I’ve just done 2000km in Hyundai’s new i30 sedan trying to find out.

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Hyundai Electric Cars – 1800 kilometres in an electric Hyundai Kona

Range anxiety be damned: 1800 kilometres in an electric Hyundai Kona

Hidden charging stations, dodgy mobile connections and long waits are par for the course on an Australian drive, but it's all worth it when the bill arrives.

Robert Pascoe As the spectre of climate change becomes more threatening and the cost of electric vehicles comes down, more and more Australians are considering investing in electric cars. An EV promises to lighten both carbon footprints and fuel costs but, on this vast continent linked by long stretches of highway, one significant question remains: can an EV comfortably drive the kind of distances that separate our big cities? Between the Victorian lockdowns we put our new electric Hyundai Kona to the test, driving from Melbourne via Canberra to Sydney and back, a journey of 1800 kilometres. The advertised range of the Kona is 440 kilometres, but that's with no sudden braking, no dramatic acceleration (always …

Australian gas supplier signs green hydrogen deal with Hyundai

Australian gas supplier signs green hydrogen deal with Hyundai Utility Jemena has agreed to produce hydrogen gas for Hyundai’s Macquarie Park headquarters in greater Sydney from early 2021. AUGUST 12, 2020 MARIJA MAISCH The MoU follows formal certification from the Australian Government for Hyundai’s hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV), the NEXO. Image: Jemena From pv magazine Australia Australia’s emerging zero-emissions vehicle industry is set to receive a boost due to a new green hydrogen supply deal between Hyundai Australia, gas utility Jemena, and equipment supplier Coregas. Jemena has agreed to produce and deliver green hydrogen from its Western Sydney Green Gas project to Hyundai’s Macquarie Park headquarters in greater Sydney – the only permanent hydrogen refueling station in Australia. It will supply hydrogen generated by solar and wind from early 2021. “A lack of critical r…