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The latest news from South Korea, Hyundai Motor Group's new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) for all-electric cars is in its final stage of development.
The first Hyundai on a new BEV platform is rumored to be a compact crossover/SUV, that will be launched in early 2021.
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Hyundai Motor has begun to produce a prototype of its first compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) with a new platform called Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), a platform being built exclusively for electric vehicles.
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The Kona, an electric SUV, and the Nexo, a hydrogen-powered electric car, are still being produced on an internal combustion engine platform.
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Hyundai Motor has requested several auto parts companies to supply parts necessary for a prototype of its first electric car model NE (project name), sources in the automobile industry said on June 23. Hyundai plans to complete the prototype by December.
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Details of the newly launched electric SUV are still under wraps. The model is expected to be a compact SUV which looks like a crossover utility vehicle (CUV) and run about 450 km on one single charge
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Hyundai will unveil a pilot car in June next year, and the model is to be produced on Hyundai’s electric vehicle platform for the first time will enter mass production by early 2021 as planned.
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Hyundai releases a single teaser to the New EV Concept "45" that debuts at Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Hyundai Motor will display the company’s focus toward the future direction of car design at the forthcoming IAA Frankfurt Motor Show (Sept. 10-22, 2019). Inspired by looking back at the brand’s first model in the 1970s, the 『45』 fully-electric concept car will act as a symbolic milestone for Hyundai’s future EV design.
The new concept accentuates the forward-driven design direction while exploring the evolution of Hyundai’s ‘Sensuous Sportiness’ design language. ‘Sensuous’ stands for enhanced emotional values that customers can experience through design, and ‘Sportiness’ is determined to implement those values through innovative mobility solutions.
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Hyundai 45 Concept Shown In Latest Teaser,
New Hyundai EV based on concept 45 is rumored to go on sale in less than a year in Europe.
Highlights (rumor only as of now):
- Dimensions will be 4.63m length, 1.89m width, 1.6m height. The wheelbase will be stunning 3m. In comparison, Santa fe which is 4.69m length has wheelbase of 2.7m.
- 2 battery sizes: 58 kWh and 73 kWh.
- 200 KW charging capacity and can charge 0 t0 80% in just 15mins. It has 800 volt charging system similar to Porsche Taycan.
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https://www.electrive.com/2020/05/13...-set-for-2021/ https://www.facebook.com/Ioniqelektr...51518811792576
From the photos and proportions, it looks to be about the size of a Golf or i40 from the Hyundai stable (is it just me or are there shades of the current Audi A1 in the haunches?). I think that's a very wise move if they want to showcase in Europe. Hatchbacks rule and even in a post COVID climate in Europe where the onus is more than ever for decongestion and cleaner transport in urban areas, an EV hatchback form factor or small crossover will be a smart move. I will admit this looks less like a cross over and more like a hatchback.
Also, I wonder if they've taken a leaf out of Honda's book (Honda e) in going with retrofuturism for the theme of the vehicle.
Suffice to say I'm extremely curious to see how this turns out in the flesh.
The production version of the 45EV would be called Ioniq 5, the family will be completed by a sedan from Prophecy- Ioniq 6 and a large SUV called Ioniq 7:
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