This is how Hyundai controls the CO2 emissions of its cars

Hyundai is introducing the IGIS digital platform, which enables it to monitor and certify a model's CO2 emissions throughout its lifecycle.

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By: Francesco Barontini

Jan 7, 2025 at 5:40am ET

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Does an electric car pollute more or less than a combustion engine car? It's a difficult question to answer, given the many variables involved. However, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are going to try to give as precise an answer as possible to this persisting question.

They will do this through a new digital platform called the Integrated Greenhouse Gas Information System (IGIS), which will monitor and quantify the amount of CO2 produced throughout a car's lifecycle, from production to disposal.

The security of blockchain

The Hyundai Group's platform is based on the analysis of a model's lifecycle and takes into account many aspects to assess its environmental impact. With IGIS, for example, Hyundai also monitors the entire supply chain to take a snapshot of the CO2 emissions associated with individual components and the energy consumption of production facilities around the world.

The Hyundai E-GMP global modular platform

To certify the results, the digital platform relies on a blockchain system that certifies the accuracy and security of the data, making it very difficult to modify the information collected.

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One platform, several objectives

Hyundai decided to develop this method of calculating the environmental impact of its cars for several reasons. Firstly, to certify its commitment to the fight against CO2 emissions and to have a reliable tool to demonstrate when it will actually achieve the carbon neutrality announced for 2045.

But thanks to the IGIS platform, Hyundai will also be able to analyse all aspects of automotive production in order to improve the efficiency of all processes. And that's not all as the company has announced that, thanks to this useful assessment tool, it will also be able to react quickly to the arrival of new environmental regulations, easily understanding how to adapt to new standards imposed in different parts of the world.