Hyundai will first produce a compact-sized LPG model, the Avante LPI hybrid, which would use both liquefied petroleum gas and electricity. In 2010, Hyundai plans to introduce mid-sized hybrids that use gasoline and LPG.

Currently, the company provides Verna hybrid to government agencies as pilot projects in Korea. It entered the environment-friendly auto market in October 2004, when it supplied the government with 50 Click (Getz) hybrid cars. Since then, Hyundai and Kia have supplied the government with 350 hybrid cars in 2005, including the Verna model. This number increased to 730 cars in 2006 and 1,682 cars in 2007, totalling about 2,800 cars so far.

As of now, Honda is ahead in the race for getting the first hybrid into the country. The company will launch the hybrid version of Civic later this year and more variants would be considered based on its performance.