Yahoo Autos Hyundai Unveils EV Platform, Will Have 23 Global Electric Vehicles by 2025
Hyundai announced an electric-vehicle platform called E-GMP that will serve as the base of Hyundai and Kia's global EV future beginning in 2021.
Vehicles on the new platform can generate as much as 600 horsepower, and a high-performance model will be one of the upcoming EVs, Hyundai said today.
Hyundai didn't share details on battery pack size, but said that it's targeting 310 miles of range.
EVs today have become major parts of auto companies' road maps. By now, automakers have come to the realization that shoving electric vehicle parts into vehicles built to run on gasoline doesn't always result in the type of efficiency an EV and a manufacturing line need. With that in mind, Hyundai is the latest automaker to announce a modular EV-only platform, also announcing that it will produce 23 battery-electric vehicles by 2025.
The new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) will be the underpinning of new Hyundai and Kia EVs starting in 2021. The first vehicle will be the Hyundai Ioniq 5 that we've so far only seen in concept form. It will then be used in other vehicles from Hyundai and Kia, likely to include the other Ioniq EVs we're expecting from the Korean automaker. It will also be used for future Genesis EVs.
The platform’s main components will be a battery pack under the cabin and an all-in-one motor, transmission, and inverter designed by Hyundai. By bundling the components, Hyundai said, it raised the maximum speed of the motor by up to 70 percent compared to existing motors, despite its small size. The company says that it can squeeze up to 600 horsepower from the system and that the company will show off a high-performance vehicle next year.
