04 Mar 2022 | Hyundai/Kia Next-Gen EV Platform Revealed

Episode 1393,   Mar 04, 2022, 05:00 PM

On the podcast today:
• Panasonic planning electric vehicle battery plant in U.S.
• Kia aims to sell 1.2 million EVs in 2030
• Kia AutoMode to launch in 2023, coming to EV9 SUV first
• Hyundai brands to use new EV platform with standardized batteries and motors
• Mercedes EQS SUV Spied Up Close Testing In California
• Philly Auto Show returns this weekend with eyes on electric vehicles
• Volkswagen realigns Technical Development: shorter product cycles and faster digital offerings
• Audi reveals updated Q4 e-tron EV with faster charging and updated interior
• 2022 Fiat E-Ulysse Debuts As An Electric Minivan For Europe
• Global Battery Demand To Increase 15-Fold As EV Boom Takes Off
• Tesla fears having to shut down service centers in Oklahoma as new bill passes committee
• Tesla Roadster Makes History With $250K Sale
• The Arc One is an electric boat with a battery pack three times the size of Tesla’s
• BYD sells 88,283 NEVs in Feb, up 752.6% year-on-year

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PANASONIC PLANNING ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PLANT IN U.S.

- Japan's Panasonic Corp. is looking to purchase land in the United States for a massive factory to make a new type of electric vehicle battery for Tesla, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.

- Panasonic is looking at building the several billion dollar factory in either Oklahoma or Kansas for their proximity to Texas, where Tesla is preparing a new EV plant, NHK reported. NHK gave no timeline for Panasonic's U.S. project.

- A long-time Tesla supplier, Panasonic has already announced plans to begin mass-producing the new type of lithium-ion battery for Tesla before the end of March, 2024 with two new production lines at its western Japanese plant in Wakayama.


KIA AIMS TO SELL 1.2 MILLION EVS IN 2030

- Following in Hyundai’s footsteps, Kia has now also presented its strategic roadmap for accelerating its electrification ambitions by 2030. To achieve the sales target, at least two new electric models are to be introduced each year.

- Kia assumes – based on 160,000 BEV sales this year – that it will already sell 807,000 BEVs in 2026 and then 1.2 million battery-electric cars in 2030.

- With the 1.87 million electric cars Hyundai is targeting, according to its strategy update unveiled the day before, Hyundai-Kia would have sales of more than three million electric cars in 2030.

- While Hyundai has announced further development of its current EV platform E-GMP for 2025, Kia does not mention this Integrated Modular Architecture (IMA). Hyundai plans to rely not only on standardized e-motors and chassis designs, but also on batteries with cell-to-pack technology from CATL, which does not require modules. In its announcement, Kia refers to everything from the upcoming EV9 – the large E-SUV is still based on the current E-GMP.

- Kia announces production of “small and mid-sized electric vehicles” in Europe starting in 2025 – this will likely be located at the Zilina plant in Slovakia


KIA AUTOMODE TO LAUNCH IN 2023, COMING TO EV9 SUV FIRST

- Korean car manufacturer Kia is to launch an autonomous driving mode for select vehicles from 2023 on.

- AutoMode uses a range of proprietary autonomous driving technologies, which include Highway Driving Pilot to enable driver-less travel on motorways and highways.It will feature first in next year's Kia EV9 SUV and, by 2026, will be available in all new models launched in major markets.

- AutoMode will receive regular over-the-air updates as new features are developed. Kia will also enhance and improve the system with the goal of eventually offering fully autonomous technology.


HYUNDAI BRANDS TO USE NEW EV PLATFORM WITH STANDARDIZED BATTERIES AND MOTORS

- Hyundai Motor Group has just launched its first models based on a dedicated electric-vehicle platform known as the E-GMP (Electric Global Modular Platform), but the Korean auto giant has already announced a next-generation platform that will further standardize key parts across vehicles from the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands.

- The new platform is known as the IMA (Integrated Modular Architecture), and it's an evolution of the E-GMP design. But unlike the E-GMP, which has different battery systems for each vehicle it supports, the IMA will have a standardized battery. The motors (of which there will be five types) and key chassis components will also be standardized, all helping to improve production efficiencies.

- the platform will suit all segments and will be used for both passenger vehicles and purpose-built vehicles, such as delivery vehicles and shuttles for self-driving taxi services.

- From 2025, Genesis will only launch EVs.

- the redesigned Genesis G90 will offer a self-driving capability at Level 3 on the SAE scale in some markets by the second half of 2022


MERCEDES EQS SUV SPIED UP CLOSE TESTING IN CALIFORNIA

- The EQS is currently the most technologically advanced EV from the Stuttgart-based firm and it will soon morph into a high-riding EQS SUV. We’ve seen it testing on a number of occasions and a new video shows us a prototype on a parking lot in South California.

- This new sighting of the model doesn’t give us a look under the camouflage, though we get a very quick look inside the cabin. For now, everything remains heavily camouflaged

- The EQS will join the already existing EQA, EQB, and EQC, all built on modified platforms for combustion cars. The range-topping EV SUV will be assembled in the United States at the Tuscaloosa plant from 2022 along with the smaller EQE SUV.

- The only piece of confirmed information available so far is that Mercedes estimates the range between charges will be up to 373 miles (600 kilometers), depending on the configuration.


PHILLY AUTO SHOW RETURNS THIS WEEKEND WITH EYES ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES

- The Philadelphia Auto Show returns this weekend and prospective car buyers have never had so many options to choose from, but inflated gas prices worsened by the war in Ukraine seem to have pushed electric and hybrid vehicles to the forefront.

- The auto show, which runs from Mar. 5 to Mar. 13, will span more than a half-million square feet of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Organizers say one of the big-ticket items that car enthusiasts will come to check out is the Fully-electric Ford F-150 Lightning.

- The newest attraction this year is the e-Track, the show’s first-ever multi-brand electric vehicle test track.


VOLKSWAGEN REALIGNS TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT: SHORTER PRODUCT CYCLES

- In its drive to become a technology company, Volkswagen is realigning its Technical Development (TD) division in Wolfsburg. This involves turning the Group’s largest engineering unit with 11,500 employees into a pace-setter for the Volkswagen brand’s transformation into a technology company.

- The main emphasis is on a complete redesign of the development process, making it interdisciplinary, focused squarely on software, customer requirements and SSP, Volkswagen’s electric platform of the future, and centered on functions rather than individual components.

- This is expected to cut development time by about a quarter, increase the speed of new software releases and also significantly accelerate manufacturing processes in production.

- In the 1990s, vehicle development centered primarily on components. As functions and electronics were added in the early 2000s, connectivity began to play an increasingly important role. Now and in the future, the vehicle must be viewed as one system in the customer’s entire ecosystem and communicate seamlessly with all systems outside the vehicle.

- vehicle projects will be completed in 40 months instead of 54 months as before


AUDI REVEALS UPDATED Q4 E-TRON EV WITH FASTER CHARGING AND UPDATED INTERIOR
 

2022 FIAT E-ULYSSE DEBUTS AS AN ELECTRIC MINIVAN FOR EUROPE

GLOBAL BATTERY DEMAND TO INCREASE 15-FOLD AS EV BOOM TAKES OFF

TESLA FEARS HAVING TO SHUT DOWN SERVICE CENTERS IN OKLAHOMA AS NEW BILL PASSES COMMITTEE

TESLA ROADSTER MAKES HISTORY WITH $250K SALE

THE ARC ONE IS AN ELECTRIC BOAT WITH A BATTERY PACK THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF TESLA’S

BYD SELLS 88,283 NEVS IN FEB, UP 752.6% YEAR-ON-YEAR
 

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