HYUNDAI'S JOHN JURIGA optimizing ICE and fuels

Hyundai is building on its lean-combustion knowledge in a DoE-sponsored collaborative program with MTU and Phillips 66.

Name a future propulsion solution for vehicles, and Hyundai's on it. From advanced gas and diesel ICE, to all manner of hybrid, EV, and hydrogen fuel cell, Korea's mobility king has it in development or in production. Competitors acknowledge their respect for the company's rapid progress on all engine fronts in recent years.

“We're fortunate to be working on everything,” asserts a modest John Juriga, Hyundai North America's Director of Powertrain, who has been with the company's Ann Arbor technical center for 16 years. “It drives us crazy sometimes, but it's also incredibly fun because we're developing all these different technologies concurrently.”