According to the news from Yonhap News Agency on June 7, Hyundai Motor Company will renovate its factory located in Asan to meet the production needs of the electric car IONIQ 6.
IONIQ 6 is the second pure electric vehicle based on the E-GMP platform, positioned as medium-sized sedan, and will be launched in 2022. The previously produced IONIQ 5 belongs to the SUV model. The two cars have huge differences in exterior design.
IONIQ 6 will be equipped with a 73 kWh battery. It provides two driving modes: 160 kW single motor and 160 kW + 230 kW dual motor four-wheel drive.
At present, the Asan factory is mainly responsible for the production of Sonata and Grandeur models, with an annual production capacity of up to 300,000 vehicles. The factory renovation will start from the hybrid production line, which may be suspended for about four weeks.
IONIQ 5 is produced at the Ulsan plant, while its sister model, Kia EV6 is produced at the Hwaseong plant. However, transforming the gasoline car assembly line into an electric vehicle assembly line could lead to job difficulties for workers due to the reduction of parts. Hyundai Motor has faced this problem in Korea before, which has caused a dispute with its labor union over the production of the Ioniq 5.
🔗 Source: Yonhap News Agency
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