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During a speech at the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, MI on Wednesday, Hyundai America CEO John Krafcik became the first executive to commit to a 50-mile-per-gallon fleet average and plans to achieve that goal by 2025. That goes well beyond the 35.5 mpg already mandated under corporate average fuel economy rules for 2016.

Hyundai rose to the top of the CAFE rankings in the U.S. in 2008 and scored a 30.9 mpg average in 2009. Krafcik used the 2011 Sonata as an example of what to expect from Hyundai going forward. When it was redesigned this year, Hyundai opted to forgo the V6 engines available in its competitors and used only four-cylinder engines. The standard Sonata is rated at 35 mpg on the highway and the hybrid coming this fall may hit 40 mpg.

To get to 50 mpg in 2025, Krafcik plans to ramp up hybrid availability with as much as 20 percent of the lineup being partially electrified. Another five percent will be either full battery or fuel cell electric vehicles.

[Source: Hyundai]

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