While the trend is towards electrification, Hyundai has reportedly closed its thermal engine development center.
The internal combustion engines no longer have the wind in their sails. And it’s not because customers don’t want them anymore, but rather because our leaders have decided that it is essential to make them disappear in order to save the planet. Henceforth, all manufacturers’ efforts are therefore focused on electrification, while most of them now wish to become 100% electric in the coming years. Lotus, Ford, Bentley or Alpine have already confirmed this desire, and the list continues to grow over the months. Hyundai has also decided to take this turn, and the company is not doing things by halves.
A zero-emission range
Indeed, as reported by the Korea Economic Daily, the firm would have purely and simply closed its development center dedicated to heat engines, located near Namyang. If it is for the moment only a simple rumor, the newspaper quotes anonymous sources, as well as an internal email sent by the new head of the R&D division of the manufacturer. The employees of this center have been assigned to new missions, around the electric mobility.
For its part, Hyundai did not comment and did not confirm this rumor. If this remains quite plausible, this sudden closure, without any official communication from the brand remains nevertheless quite surprising all the same.
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While the trend is towards electrification, Hyundai has reportedly closed its thermal engine development center.
The internal combustion engines no longer have the wind in their sails. And it’s not because customers don’t want them anymore, but rather because our leaders have decided that it is essential to make them disappear in order to save the planet. Henceforth, all manufacturers’ efforts are therefore focused on electrification, while most of them now wish to become 100% electric in the coming years. Lotus, Ford, Bentley or Alpine have already confirmed this desire, and the list continues to grow over the months. Hyundai has also decided to take this turn, and the company is not doing things by halves.
A zero-emission range
Indeed, as reported by the Korea Economic Daily, the firm would have purely and simply closed its development center dedicated to heat engines, located near Namyang. If it is for the moment only a simple rumor, the newspaper quotes anonymous sources, as well as an internal email sent by the new head of the R&D division of the manufacturer. The employees of this center have been assigned to new missions, around the electric mobility.
For its part, Hyundai did not comment and did not confirm this rumor. If this remains quite plausible, this sudden closure, without any official communication from the brand remains nevertheless quite surprising all the same.
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