Platform for all segments
Hyundai Motor Group (Hyundai, Kia and Genesis) announces the arrival of its new eM platform: a modular base for all-electric vehicles in all segments. It will include electric cars with a 50 percent greater driving range than the current models of the brand. The group is investing €13 billion until 2030, also to buy all models of a as of 2023 over the air-to provide an update option.
In the explanation of Hyundai Motor Group’s (HMG) new strategy, the brand talks about SDVs. Those are software defined vehicles. By this the group does not only mean cars, but for the sake of convenience we limit ourselves here to the car news. From 2025, all models must be SDVs. For Hyundai, this means that the cars generate much more data than is currently the case, enabling the brand to better respond to customer mobility needs. For motorists, the main consequence is that the group’s products always have the possibility to over the air (OTA) to be updated. This means that you no longer have to go to the dealer to get software options or updates.
OTA updates are not new to Hyundai. In 2021, the Hyundai Motor Group introduced the option, but from 2023 all new cars will have it. It will then also be possible on existing models (also with combustion engine). From 2025, every new Hyundai, Kia or Genesis model must have a software defined vehicle to be. OTA updates ensure that a car does not become outdated as quickly and makes it possible to add options at a stage after the initial purchase of a car.
New platform for all segments
From 2025, the group will present its first new models on the eM platform, which will initially coexist with models on the already well-known E-GMP platform. The eM platform is new and modular, suitable for EVs in all segments. The physical platform will be joined at launch by an entirely new software platform, which together with the hardware should significantly reduce Hyundai’s development and production costs. After all, their models, from small to large, share much more with each other – both software and hardware. According to Hyundai, the cars on that platform will have 50 percent more range than the current EVs from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis. It also paves the way for level 3 autonomous driving.
The image above the article is illustrative and shows the concept version of the Hyundai Ioniq 7 (Seven Concept), which will be on the E-GMP platform.
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