The Hyundai Motor Group’s new EV platform guarantees ranges as much as 310 miles, sports-car stage acceleration and supreme design flexibility, beginning subsequent yr.

The South Korean auto group’s so-called e-GMP, quick for electrical international modular platform, was unveiled on a video convention from Seoul on Tuesday, with executives and engineers rattling off a litany of specs.

For starters, the system has been developed to attain long-range, dynamic driving and low-energy consumption. Its rear-wheel and all-wheel drive layouts, with wheels pushed to the perimeters, accommodates a variety of physique varieties, from sedans and crossovers to efficiency automobiles.

The system, which will get an all-new battery and motor, can cowl 0-100 kph (0-62mph) in lower than 3.5 seconds with a high pace of 260 kph (161mph), Hyundai stated. The brand new autos can drive as much as 500 kilometers (310 miles) on a full battery, which might recharge to 80 % in 18 minutes.

The brand new platform might be geared towards bigger autos from the C-segment and above, all the best way to a big seven-seat crossover within the realm of the Hyundai Palisade, Hyundai stated. 

The e-GMP structure will underpin the automaker’s push to promote 1 million electrical autos worldwide by 2025, throughout its three manufacturers, Hyundai, Kia and Genesis. That whole will cowl 23 all-electric fashions, together with EV derivatives of fashions additionally provided with inside combustion engines. 

The primary e-GMP nameplate would be the Ioniq 5, a midsize crossover to debut in 2021. That might be adopted by an e-GMP crossover from Kia that arrives later subsequent yr. Future Genesis EVs may also experience on the brand new platform, stated Albert Biermann, Hyundai Motor Group’s international R&D head.

The manufacturers will differentiate themselves largely by means of design. Engineers opened the inside and physique for a flexibility by creating an extended wheelbase with quick entrance and rear overhangs. 

Driving dynamics might be enhanced by a five-link rear suspension and what Hyundai calls the world’s first mass-produced built-in drive axle. The latter know-how combines wheel bearings into the drive shaft for higher consolation and stability. The default format is rear-wheel drive, which was picked for its sportier dealing with. However all-wheel drive will be optioned by including a motor. 

A high-performance EV idea automobile is predicted to be proven subsequent yr, Biermann stated.