Hyundai clarified that recently rumor claims that they have stopped developing gasoline and diesel combustion engines to focus on different forms of electrification are untrue. It says that development work is still ongoing and that the internal combustion engine is still in the future.
“Hyundai Motor Group can confirm that they are constantly developing their engines following recent media speculation. engines,” said group senior director Michael Stewart in an interview. with Motor1.
Report appear at the end of 2021 announced that the Hyundai Group (which includes the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands, among others) has stopped designing piston-powered engines altogether to focus on electrification. It claims that most of the engineers have been given new roles related to electrification, although it also notes that some remain to continue to refine the technology.
If this sounds familiar, it could be because Hyundai recently shot down a separate but similar rumor says it has put the hydro-electric powertrain it plans to install in many of its cars (including some luxury Genesis models) out of service. The automaker explained that it had merely reshuffled the technology development team as unspecified technical hurdles had slowed down the project.
Several electric Hyundai models are being launched into the market, including production version belong to Prophetic concept launch in 2020 and a relatively large SUV previewed by 2021 Seven concepts. However, its comments suggest that more gasoline-powered models are also in development, which is great news; a wide range of N tuned high performance models including great cars And there’s still room for it to grow.
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