Hyundai Motor Group will shift its main model from pure internal combustion engines to hybrid cars. ..
Utilize stay mode and V2L functions that were only seen in electric vehicles with two motors with open driving capabilities for next-generation HEV systems
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Hyundai Motor Group will shift its main model from pure internal combustion engines to hybrid cars. It also unveiled a next-generation hybrid system that expanded the hybrid system, which was applied only to sub-medium to medium-sized, to all models ranging from compact, large, and high-performance, while increasing both fuel efficiency and output.
Hyundai Motor Group held a “Hyundai Motor Group’s Next Generation Hybrid System Tech Day” at “Crest 72” in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 10th and announced the plan. “We will no longer limit (hybrid cars) to eco-friendliness, but make them the main volume and main power train,” said Kang Dong-ho, head of Hyundai Motor’s product area strategy team.
Hyundai succeeded in developing the world’s first parallel hybrid system independently in 2011, challenging Toyota, which was monopolizing the hybrid market at the time. Since then, Hyundai Motor Group has been rapidly increasing the number of hybrid vehicles, including Tucson, a subcompact sport utility vehicle (SUV), Santa Fe, a mid-size SUV, and Kia Carnival, a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).
Hyundai Motor Group’s second-generation hybrid system, the “next-generation hybrid system,” unveiled at the event, is a major technology reorganization that took place 14 years after its initial development. The key technology of the new system is improving motor performance.
In the existing hybrid system, one of the two motors (P0 motors) is used to charge the battery through vehicle start-up and power generation, and only the other motor (P2 motors) has been used to actually move the car. The next-generation system is characterized by changing the P0 motor to a more powerful P1 motor. The P1 motor can take on a driving role in addition to the starting and power generation role of the existing P0 motor.
The improvement of motor performance leads to increased output and improved fuel economy. Based on the Palisade 2.5 Turbo Hybrid, a semi-large SUV, the vehicle has 19% higher power (334 horsepower) and 45% better fuel efficiency (14.1 km per liter) than the 2.5 Turbo pure gasoline model. The output is higher than the Palisade (295 horsepower) equipped with a 3.8-liter gasoline engine.
Hyundai Motor Group plans to install the new system first on four front-wheelers and one Genesis rear-wheeler. In particular, the hybrid system, which was previously applied only to semi-medium and medium-sized models, will also be applied to small and large models.
Although the vehicle type applied has not been identified, it means that hybrids can be installed in vehicles such as Casper and Venue, which are smaller than Avante or Kona by Hyundai Motor. Kang said, “We will develop a hybrid pull-up from the entry area of the 100 horsepower range to the high-performance area of the 300 horsepower range.”
According to the strategy, Hyundai Motor Group is expected to establish itself as a “hybrid master” comparable to Toyota Group in the future. Currently, Hyundai Motor Group sells 15 hybrid models (14 types) except for Lexus.
However, compared to Toyota, which applies hybrids to virtually all models from small hatchback Corolla to pickup truck Tacoma, Hyundai Motor Group is a little narrower.
In particular, Genesis does not have a hybrid model yet, while Lexus is equipped with hybrids in all 13 models. The hybrid version can also be selected from the ultra-high performance roadster LC series, which produces 500 horsepower output.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor Group has also developed convenience specifications that were possible only in electric vehicles based on the strong motor output of next-generation hybrid systems. The representative technology is ‘Stay Mode’. This is a function similar to the “utility mode” of an electric vehicle, and it is a mode that can use power-based functions such as air conditioning and multimedia for up to an hour even when the engine is turned off.
V2L, which can be used by drawing electricity from vehicle batteries to the outside, can be used not only in electric vehicles but also in hybrid vehicles. With a maximum output of 3.6kW, lights and heat transfer equipment can be used in various camping or car camping environments.
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