2020 Hyundai Kona EV is now on sale in South Korea. Some of the new model year upgrades include a 10.25-inch navigation system, an air filtration system, heated second-row seats. The new navigation screen is not only larger but also offers additional functionalities such as the split-screen mode, which improves the customer's usability. The in-cabin air quality should also be improved with the new air filtration...

8 January 2020

Hyundai and Kia report that their combined EV exports more than doubled last year. More specifically, the accumulative exports of both brands amount to 63,414 units in 2019 and 27,798 in 2018. The PHEVs and fuel-cell EVs exports increase by 16% in 2019 to a total of 226,581 units. The two companies expect to achieve another double increase in battery-electric and eco-friendly vehicles in 2020. The all-electric...

5 January 2020

Hyundai and Kia will aim to strengthen their positions in the EV market in China next year with the launch of two battery-electric vehicles - the Hyundai Lafesta EV and the Kia K3 EV. Both vehicles have been showcased at the 17th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in China. The Hyundai Lafesta EV packs a 56.5 kWh battery from CATL for 490 km of range (NEDC). It can be DC charged from 0 to 80% in 40...

22 November 2019

Hyundai has developed the world's first machine-learning-based Smart Cruise Control (SCC-ML). The company said in a statement that this technology "incorporates the driver's patterns into its self-driving behaviour, creating a custom experience for the driver." It incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) within the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) feature and is planned for selective implementation in...

20 October 2019

Hyundai Spain and the brand ambassador Mireia Belmonte who is an Olympic athlete demonstrate in an official video that the hydrogen-powered Nexo SUV exhausts only water and oxygen. The car's exhaust pipe is connected to a huge balloon in which Ms Belmonte runs on a treadmill. The vehicle has three hydrogen tanks that pass hydrogen and air through a fuel cell stack. Electricity is created through a chemical reaction...

14 October 2019

Hyundai remains quite focus on hydrogen fuel cell technologies. It has recently signed a MOU for collaboration on such technologies with Cummins - a producer of electric powertrain, battery and control technologies. Their initial focus will be on the North American commercial vehicle market and other markets will be explored. Hyundai, being a world leader in the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology, says...

27 September 2019