Avtotor started the production of Hyundai HD78 with gas engine power plant

Kaliningrad plant "Avtotor" began the production of commercial vehicles Hyundai HD78 with gas engine power plant. The project to create gas engine modifications of Hyundai trucks is being implemented in a scientific and technical partnership between Avtotor, Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) and RariTEK (Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan), the press service of the automaker reported.

As a part of the project for the serial production of Hyundai HD 78 vehicles using compressed natural gas, Avtotor has mastered the production of a new modification of the CNG chassis. In production, cars are equipped with Yuchai power unit and gas-cylinder equipment developed by the Russian company RariTEK. The new model has a wheelbase of 3775 mm, an in-line 4-cylinder engine (4214 cc) with 133 hp, two gas cylinders with a geometric volume of 320 liters (or 74-93 cubic meters of CNG).

For greater safety, a system of directional stability (VDC) is installed, which counteracts rollover, regulates traction and braking forces, including helping with emergency braking and driving on hills. On Hyundai gas trucks, 3 type cylinders (aluminum liner reinforced with continuous fibers impregnated with resin) are used, which guarantee shatterproofness in the event of their destruction, as they are able to withstand pressure 3 - 3.5 times higher than the working pressure and more than 15 thousand refueling ( that is, the mileage is up to 4.5 million km). CNG or CNG is compressed natural gas used as a vehicle fuel.

Its main part is methane (CH4) - from 70 to 98%. CNG is an environmentally friendly alternative to classic liquid fuel, since when it is used, carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by 2-3 times, and carbon monoxide emissions by 10 times. In addition, soot and sulfur compounds are completely absent in the exhaust of gas vehicles.