Hyundai, Kia are pouring on the hybrids

By year end, the Hyundai Santa Fe will get a PHEV variant and the redesigned Kia Sportage, top, will add hybrid and PHEV variants.

Carly Schaffner

May 30, 2022 03:56 AM

Hyundai Motor Group was slow to jump on the hybrid-powertrain bandwagon, as rivals surged ahead with the fuel-sipping technology.

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