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To transition to clean mobility,
disruption is inevitable.
A cataclysm of fuel and air releases energy that spins driveshafts, axles and wheels.
A labyrinth of filters and wastegates treats noxious emissions before they exit through a tailpipe.
The more successful individual mobility became, the more we all had to live with the consequences of its success.
That challenging, self-critical lens has been a hallmark of Hyundai Motor Group since its founding in 1967, right up to the present day, where it ranks as the fifth largest automaker in the world. Hyundai today recognizes the need for a radical new vision:
Progress for humanity.
With Hyundai’s proven track record to be on the leading edge of progress, Chung says that he is pushing Hyundai to transform from a car company that not just provides mobility, but clean mobility.
This great industrial miracle plays out millions of times a day. It enables countless journeys, from the mundane to the sublime.
But for all the benefits unleashed by petroleum-powered personal transport, our planet has registered a profound cost.
And as humanity finally acknowledges the true cost of more than 100 years of fossil fuel reliance, a reckoning is due at all levels of society.
To move the world forward, we must redefine how the world moves.
A clean mobility transition starts from a commitment to continually develop, test, and validate the products that will redefine an entire industry. For Hyundai, these include the first mass-produced hydrogen fuel-cell car in the world.
It also includes IONIQ, which in 2016 became the first global car to be offered with three electric propulsion systems.
IONIQ will continue to break ground as the realization of Hyundai’s transition to clean mobility, and as a force-multiplier of change within the passenger car market.
Electricity becomes energy when two positively charged ions flow.
IONIQ derives its name from this intricate dance, and its next groundbreaking chapter will be written with electricity crackling in its wake.
From well to wheel, electric vehicles emit approximately 66% less CO2 and air pollutants compared to gasoline or diesel vehicles.
Electric motors are very efficient, converting over 90% of electrical power supplied into motion energy.
Electrical energy is created by burning fossil fuels in a power plant at 40% efficiency, followed by transmitting it to your house at 93% efficiency, and using it in an electric vehicle at 92% efficiency, providing a total efficiency of around 34% for an electric vehicle.
Inspired by the Hyundai 45 concept car unveiled in 2019, IONIQ 5 will combine bold, warm design with the ingenuity of Hyundai’s electric powertrain program.
Following IONIQ 5 in coming years is the IONIQ 6, modeled on Hyundai’s dramatic concept coupe revealed in March 2020, the Prophecy. With a long, sinuous shape and next-generation panoramic video display, the purely electric Prophecy proves emphatically that clean mobility can take driving pleasure and beauty to new emotional heights. The IONIQ family will be rounded out by IONIQ 7, a three-row electric crossover that will set new standards for comfort and utility in the family car category.
Inspired by the Hyundai 45 concept car unveiled last year, IONIQ 5 will combine bold, warm design with the ingenuity of Hyundai’s electric powertrain program.
Following IONIQ 5 in coming years is the IONIQ 6, modeled on Hyundai’s dramatic concept coupe revealed in March 2020, the Prophecy. With a long, sinuous shape and next-generation panoramic video display, the purely electric Prophecy proves emphatically that clean mobility can take driving pleasure and beauty to new emotional heights. The IONIQ family will be rounded out by IONIQ 7, a three-row electric crossover that will set new standards for comfort and utility in the family car category.
IONIQ is just the tip of Hyundai’s clean mobility spear. Hydrogen fuel cells convert the planet’s most abundant element into propulsive energy, with water vapor the only byproduct.
Green hydrogen is produced from water by renewables-powered electrolysis. The process is zero carbon and gives very pure hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles are powered by electricity that is generated from a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen.
In order to increase durability, hydrogen fuel cells are designed so that 99% of dust and carbon dioxide is removed and only clean air is supplied to the fuel cell.
If 10,000 fuel cell electric vehicles are operated for one hour, it has the effect of
600,000
trees purifying the air.
A fuel cell electric vehicle doesn't emit any exhaust fumes and even creates clean air.
Pure water is the only emission.
Hydrogen is a non-polluting, clean and renewable energy that doesn't emit fine dust or pollutants. By using fuel cell electric vehicles, we will be able to enjoy the benefits of a cleaner environment and a more beautiful earth for generations to come.
Having started by repurposing existing models to create NEXO, a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) crossover developed from the ground up, Hyundai has matured its hydrogen strategy at an astonishing pace.
By 2025, Hyundai’s commitment to clean mobility will be clear to all: 18 eco-friendly cars are scheduled to be in market at that time. Meeting such audacious targets requires many hands and many partners.
Hyundai works with leading trade groups, startups and incubators, NGOs and government bodies to advocate for hydrogen’s place in the mobility mix — among them the Hydrogen Council, the United States Department of Energy, and the G20.
There is no shortcut to creating a future hydrogen society. But by putting in the hard work, we’re helping play a key role in reaching our climate goals by mid-century.
When Korea began its rapid industrialization in the 1970s, Hyundai’s automotive business blossomed right alongside it. In fact, once couldn’t distinguish between them—so entwined were their successes. Progress is hardcoded in Hyundai’s DNA, and its success meant success made by an entire country.
That relentless challenger spirit has driven Hyundai to apply its industrial expertise far outside the automotive realm, to initiatives such as the H-MEX (Hyundai Medical Exoskeleton), the VEX (Vest Exoskeleton), and the HUMA (Hyundai Universal Medical Assist). With wearer-activated torque assistance, these robotic exoskeletons help users gain a range of motion and complete tasks that previously would have required additional assistance.
It all ties back to progress for humanity. Over the last decade, we have witnessed an incredible shift in how people and goods travel from point to point. A convergence of technological advancement and social trends have resulted in an entirely new ecosystem of mobility. In the space of future mobility options, forward-looking Hyundai has revealed the IONIQ Scooter as a last-mile mobility device, and the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for urban air travel.
Safer, cleaner, faster, more efficient, and more customized ways of travel are emerging. By providing mobility solutions that meet the needs of the user, Hyundai will give people the power to shape the journey.
