Hyundai announces the highway fuel economy for its new plug-in Ioniq (to be unveiled this March in Geneva) will exceed the 50 miles achieved by Toyota’s Prius. The one-motor / one-clutch solution employed in the Ioniq is part of what Hyundai says makes the vehicle so “unique” that the very term is integrated into the car’s name (the first part of the name, “ion,” comes from the name for an electrically-charged atom).
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