23rd Dec. 2021

I found the news article that Hyundai/Kia Motor company reorganize R&D Center for developing Electric Vehicle.

I couldn’t find it in English version, only Korean here : https://www.hankyung.com/economy/article/2021122399701

The engine development department has been removed completely, and they added the new dept for Battery, as the above image.

Here is some translated article of it :

Hyundai Motor Group abolished the engine development center in its R&D headquarters. The powertrain department was completely reorganized into the electrification development department. It has formalized the policy that it will no longer launch new models of internal combustion engine engines. The decision is to accelerate the conversion to electric vehicles by abandoning the development of engines that have put Hyundai Motors in the position of global automakers for 30 years, starting with the first domestically developed Alpha engine in 1991.

According to industry sources on the 23rd, Hyundai Motor carried out the largest-scale reorganization of its R&D headquarters on the 17th. The R&D headquarters, called Namyang Research Center, has 12,000 R&D personnel and is a core organization that corresponds to the “brain” of Hyundai Motor Group.

Hyundai Motor Company has changed the power train, which oversees all devices that transmit engine power to the wheels, to the electrification development department, an organization dedicated to electric vehicle R&D. The engine development center was completely abolished, and all powertrain-related centers were converted to electrification-related organizations. At the same time, they decided to focus on securing battery technology, which is the core of electric vehicle competitiveness, by establishing a battery development center.

What do you think about it? Because of it, I think it would be more difficult to get Engine parts in Korea.

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