Hyundai’s i-Flow Concept to usher in Geneva Motor Show

Hyundai cars in India are quite popular and now Hyundai Motors has pulled up its socks and is ready to unveil its new i-Flow concept at the prominent Geneva Motor Show in the month of March 2012. The new i-Flow concept by Hyundai Motors has been jointly developed with BASF, which is a chemical company. The main aim of showcasing i-Flow concept by Hyundai Motors is to display the mobility concept along with use of futuristic material in the car.

These material modernizations have not been brought into action as of now in the automobile industry, but will be used in near future. In collaboration with BASF, Hyundai Motors could do way better in achieving superior fuel efficiency, design freedom, lower environment impact along with more safety and comfort.

The new Hyundai i-Flow concept comprise of Hyundai’s signature fluidic design coated with an inventive coating technique from BASF. Besides the fluidic design, the futuristic material being used is also one of the many possibilities that will cut down environmental effect that today’s vehicles have on the environment. 

For instance, the seat frame makes use of lightweight material made of a polyamide, Ultramid Balance, which comprise of up to 60% of re-newable raw materials along with some other thermoplastics and few energy-absorbing foams.  In addition to these, Elastollan and Luquafleece also comprise of moisture absorbing materials together with thermo plastic polyurethane elastomers. What is more interesting is that Hyundai’s i-Flow concept features a brawny diesel engine, which is incorporated in a stiff foam poly-urethane insulation system, which guards both the environment and the engine.

In extreme city conditions, the engine acquires substantial time to make it to its most favorable efficiency situations. This particular encapsulation aids the engine to trap heat and obtain it up to best temperatures hence dropping both fuel consumption and emissions. It also employs a huge assortment of infrared-reflecting and infrared-transparent pigments in the interiors of the car, which results in cooler plastic surfaces for seat, center console and dashboard. This technology is identified as Passive Heat Management.