Electric car Ioniq 5 public stone statue revealed… E-GMP’safety’ also emphasized repeatedly
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hana = Hyundai Motor Company[005380]At the first unveiling of the next-generation electric car, the Ioniq 5, apologized for the recent fires of Kona Electric (EV).
It also emphasized the safety of E-GMP, a dedicated platform, and focused on eliminating vague anxiety about electric vehicles.
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Jang Jae-hoon, president of Hyundai Motor Company, said at a media conference held on the 23rd prior to the online release of Ioniq 5, “I sincerely apologize again for causing inconvenience and concern to customers due to the recent Kona EV fire issue.”
President Jang said, “We have been actively conducting a cause investigation with the battery manufacturer partner and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and through consultation, we will report to the Ministry of Land, and go through a series of subsequent procedures. “We are working hard to come up with fundamental solutions for safety.”
He added, “I think (fire causes and solutions, etc.) will be announced sooner or later,” he added. “I will talk about this through an official channel.”
The mention of the Kona EV fire at the opening of a new car, especially at the opening of the Ioniq 5, which is also the starting point of the Hyundai Motor Group’s future electrification strategy, was somewhat in the form of answering questions about the direction of dealing with battery problems. It is accepted unusually.
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As such, it is interpreted that it is an important task for Hyundai Motors to overcome consumer anxiety caused by the Kona EV fire and overcome concerns about the safety of electric vehicles.
Hyundai Motor Company plans to take the lead by replacing the entire battery of the Kona EV, which has become a problem, and submit a plan with this content to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport soon. However, considering the problem of battery replacement scale and cost sharing, battery maker LG Energy Solutions (formerly LG Chem[051910] The battery division) is not easily narrowing down.
Hyundai Motor Company repeatedly emphasized the safety of electric vehicles based on E-GMP at the conference.
Fayez Raman, the head of the Vehicle Architecture Development Center, said, “The most important thing was to put the most emphasis on safety. The most important thing to do was to keep the passengers safe and the battery.”
Hyundai Motor Company focused on collision safety to protect occupants by minimizing the deformation of the passenger compartment by applying a collision load distribution structure to the front of the vehicle of the Ioniq 5. To this end, they reported that they tested how the battery cells and modules were configured and how to put the battery in the battery case, depending on the impact area, both in the front and the side.
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In addition, for battery safety, aluminum reinforcement is applied to the battery protection section at the bottom of the vehicle, and hot stamping members are reinforced in the front and periphery of the battery to enhance collision safety.
In order to prevent coolant from flowing into the battery, a cooling block separation structure was applied to ensure safety even in the event of coolant leakage due to a collision.
Managing Director Raman said, “We applied an ultra-high-strength structure to protect passengers so that the impact in the event of a collision is not transmitted to the boarding space,” said Raman. “Regarding safety, it is said that we have tried to maintain the highest level in the world. I can,” he emphasized.
In addition, various advanced driver assistance systems have been applied to the Ioniq 5, including the first Hyundai Motor Company to be equipped with the Highway Driving Assistance 2 (HDA2) function.
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Highway Driving Assistant 2 is a function that not only helps driving on expressways and automobile-only roads, but also assists automatic lane change by just manipulating the turn indicators, and helps the vehicle to always stay in the center on a curved road and drive at a safe speed.
Product Manager Kim Heung-soo (Executive Vice President) said, “We have improved the cut-in performance so that it can brake smoothly even in the preceding vehicle that suddenly intervenes.”
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