Hyundai Resumes Production at Its Asan Plant for Upcoming EV Sedan

Seoul: Hyundai Motor mentioned on Monday it has resumed manufacturing at considered one of its seven home vegetation after a four-week suspension to organize for the manufacturing of an electrical car. Hyundai halted the Asan plant from July 13 to August 6 to improve the amenities earlier than it begins manufacturing of the IONIQ 6 midsize sedan later this 12 months. Hyundai Motor Ranked First in Hydrogen Cars Sales, Surpassing Toyota.

The 300,000-unit-a-year Asan plant produces the Sonata sedan and the Santa Fe SUV, stories Yonhap information company.

In February, the maker of the Sonata sedan and the Palisade SUV unveiled the IONIQ5 all-electric mannequin embedded with its personal EV-only electric-global modular platform (E-GMP) according to rival carmakers' electrification push.

Hyundai plans to introduce the IONIQ 6 subsequent 12 months and the IONIQ 7 massive SUV in 2024. It will start utilizing alphanumeric names like its larger rivals, resembling BMW, whose fashions are named Series No. 1-8. It has seven home vegetation -- 5 in Ulsan, one in Asan and one in Jeonju -- and 10 abroad vegetation -- 4 in China and one every within the United States, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Russia, India and Brazil. Their mixed capability reaches 5.5 million autos.

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