Hyundai affiliate technology supplier Hyundai Mobis demonstrated the e-Corner modular propulsion and steering system for electric vehicles during field testing, and it just revealed a little more about what the system is all about. system will allow flexibility.
Simply put, it could dramatically change the maneuverability of electrified urban vehicles, whether driven or not.
The company gained attention earlier this year with the system introduced on Ioniq 5. With the steering, brakes and propulsion systems merged into modular units that can be installed in all four corners of the vehicle, it has the potential to enable a new type of skateboard platform that is even autonomous. due to more packing, as the system rotates all four wheels up to 90 degrees individually or separately.
Now, the company is testing this technology on public roads adjacent to the test site in South Korea, on the way to mass production of the system by 2025. And a series of example scenarios highlight that this goes beyond CrabWalk’s relative gimmick in the GMC Hummer EV.
After the company’s previous demonstrations, it now shows the e-Corner system moving sideways. This cornering is a real side-to-side movement of the car, with all four wheels turning 90 degrees. Also shown is what the company calls “no-turn”, which rotates the front and rear wheels in opposite directions to rotate the car in a very small space.
In something called “diagonal driving”, it would rotate all four wheels in the same direction by 45 degrees. There is also “pivot pivot”, which allows the driver to select any point as the center while positioning the wheels to guide the vehicle in a circle around that point.
With this more detailed release, Hyundai Mobis brings out the role of an in-wheel motor with the system. That’s something the company hasn’t mentioned or clarified before. And from another angle, the company shows the integration of wire braking and wire steering, with angled struts acting as part or all of the vehicle’s suspension.
Electronic corner Hyundai Mobis
Electronic corner Hyundai Mobis
The first Hyundai Mobi reveal the Electronic Corner in 2021then it translates the idea into a ionq 5 in a closed circuit this January. It says it is an important mobility technology for electrification and autonomous driving, and suggests that such technology has never been mass-produced anywhere in the world.
It’s a similar concept to what’s being used by Israel’s REE, which has launched several versions of a skateboard platform with modular units on all four wheels. For now, it is introducing that system for use in commercial vehicles.
Electronic corner Hyundai Mobis
Mobis says the convergence of steering and brake components with in-house connectivity and electrification will give it an edge. And from the looks of it, this system does that very well. Now, which upcoming Hyundai, Kia or Genesis EV can get it first?
