The Hyundai Kia Automotive Group has opened a $58 million environmental technology research and development center here that is designed to “accelerate the commercialization of fuel-cell electric vehicles.”
The green center's facilities include a hydrogen filling station, a fuel-cell endurance tester, an emissions lab, dynamometers and other high-tech equipment for testing electric propulsion systems. Hyundai Kia said it also included a “pilot plant for automated vehicle dismantling focusing on improving the material recycling rate of end-of-life vehicles.”
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The center will be home to 200 researchers and includes state-of-the-art green processes, including “vacuum toilet systems,” which save 1,500 tons of water annually.
The lofty goal of the center is to make the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group “the world leader in environmental technology,” the company said in a statement.
