Hyundai EV Platform
Hyundai has released its 1st dedicated EV platform 🚘🔌 coming in 2021
23 models (Hyundai and Kia) should use this platform by 2025 for a target of 1M annual sales
Some Key features:
➡️ 2 Electric ⚡️ Motors (rear and front)
➡️ Compact e-Motors
➡️ Oil cooled
➡️ Hairpin-shaped rectangular coil into the core slot
➡️ SiC (Silicon Carbide) power semiconductor Inverter 🔀
➡️ Possibility to connect and disconnect e-motor from the drive shaft so that the car can switch from 4WD to 2WD
➡️ Battery🔋 encased in the Chassis floor
➡️ Battery protected by high-strength steel casing
➡️ Pouch cells
➡️ 64 kWh 🔋⚡️
➡️ Can be charged in 18min ⏱ (+100km in 5min)
➡️ 310 mile-range (about 500km)
➡️ 800V high-Speed charger compatible with older charger generation thanks to a „multi-charging System“
➡️ Bi-directional power conversion ↔️ thanks to a system called ICCU (Integrated Charging Control Unit). This allows V2L (Vehicle to Load = you can use the energy⚡️ of your car 🚗 to power your House 🏡 for example)