Hyundai Motor to launch 2 EV platforms in 2025

CHENNAI: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday said it would transform all its models to software-defined vehicles by 2025. The group will also introduce vehicles in 2025 based on its two new EV platforms, eM, and eS. The new EV platforms will be created under its Integrated Modular Architecture (IMA) system. “In 2025, Hyundai Motor Group will present vehicles with two platform types: eM, a passenger EV-dedicated platform; and eS, an exclusive platform for Purpose Built Vehicles,” said Paul Choo, EVP, Head of Electronics & Infotainment Development Center of Hyundai Motor Group. “These new platforms are evolving under Hyundai Motor Group’s ‘Integrated Modular Architecture’, which will lead to further standardisation and modularisation of core components of electric vehicles, such as batteries and motors, while offering advantages in sectors additional to electric vehicles,” he added.