Hyundai Confirms Hybrid Version Of Santa Fe Together With Tucson Are Coming

Hyundai is tired of beingness an manufacture follower as well as has decided that 2020 volition hold out the stimulate of their bespeak to larn an industrial leader.

In his New Year’s address, Euisun Chung, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of Hyundai Motor Group said that the Korean car giant has ane objective: to accept a boundary every bit a game changer capable of setting the rules of the market. With that, the grouping composed of Hyundai as well as Kia volition depict upwardly their mid- as well as long-term plans based on this objective.

As the manufacture faces the challenge of CASE: Connected Autonomous Shared Electrified—Chung has layed downwards the Group’s plans for the side past times side few years.

Among the plans fix past times Chung is to growth their offering of electrified vehicles from 24 to 44 models past times 2025. This includes thirteen hybrids, half-dozen plug-in hybrids, 23 battery electrical vehicles, as well as two fuel prison theatre cellular telephone vehicles. Among the outset to transcend away far at showrooms are hybrid as well as plug-in hybrid versions of the Hyundai Santa Fe, Tucson, as well as Kia Sorento. By 2024, a novel EV architecture volition hold out introduced that volition growth element sharing inside the grouping as well as assist them usage a flexible production system.

Closer to home, Hyundai says they volition innovate their EV technology scientific discipline through a partnership with ride-sharing service giant, Grab inwards Southeast Asia. After supplying 200 Hyundai Kona EVs to Grab inwards Singapore, they project design to deploy to a greater extent than cypher emissions vehicles inwards the region.

Apart from its electrification plans, Hyundai too fix the destination of introducing its ain commercialized autonomous driving vehicle past times 2023. This agency an accelerated evolution of their ain proprietary autonomous driving software inwards the side past times side 3 years. By 2022, a dedicated vehicle platform volition hold out launched, as well as past times 2023, it volition hold out commercially available inwards need regions.

In price of business, Hyundai vows to “eliminate all unessential as well as uneconomical elements inwards their Group, as well as pursue toll innovations.” The Group looks to streamline its functioning including consolidating ranks as well as titles with its management. It volition too perhaps expect at introducing novel sales channels to boost their marketplace position presence.

Amidst all this change, Hyundai vows to prioritize customers with Chung genuinely saying, “Our customers’ satisfaction as well as happiness inwards using our products as well as services are to a greater extent than of import than our ain growth.”