“Why are you living Tesla”… ‘Poisonous’ electric cars are pouring [카이슈]

Clockwise from the top left of the photo, the 45 based on BMW iX, Porsche Taycan Turbo S, Mercedes Concept EQA, and Hyundai Ioniq 5 [사진 제공 = 현대차, 포르쉐, 벤츠, BMW] In the New Year,’German Koreans’ are pouring out to catch Tesla, the’popular electric car’.

In addition to Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, which are trying to protect the home that Tesla looks like, four German premium brands that lead the domestic imported car market will be competitively presenting electric cars that have not existed.

According to the domestic and imported car industry on the 3rd, Hyundai Motor Company will launch Ioniq 5, the first car of the pure electric brand’Ioniq’ in February as soon as possible.

Kia Motors also releases CV (code name). Genesis, a premium brand of Hyundai Motor Group, also sells eG80 and JW (codename).

Imported brands such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi, which are the big three, are also trying to recapture the electric car market.

BMW Korea is releasing iX3 in the first half and iX in the second half. Mercedes-Benz Korea is also preparing to release EQA and EQS.

Audi Korea introduces the etron Sportback, and Porsche Korea introduces the Taycan Turbo (S), a high-performance electric vehicle, in the first half.

From left, IONIC 6, IONIC 7, IONIC 5 [사진 제공 = 현대차] The purpose is the same. It’s’Tado Tesla’.
According to the Korea Imported Automobile Association and the Kaizu-U Data Research Institute, the number of imported electric cars sold in Korea from January to November this year is 14,2929 units. It increased 3.9 times from the same period last year (3748 units).

Tesla vehicles sold 11,601 vehicles over the same period. About 8 out of 10 imported electric vehicles are Tesla vehicles. By car type, the Model 3 was the most with 10,866 units. 422 units of Model X and 313 units of Model S were counted.

Hyundai Motor, a leader in domestic electric vehicles, sold 11,7971 passenger and commercial electric vehicles during the same period. Including the hydrogen electric vehicle Nexo, there are 23,424 units.

The home market was kept. My pride was hurt. This is because it gave Tesla the number one position in sales by car type. The No. 1 domestic electric vehicle sales is Kona EV. The number of units sold is 7888. There are about 4,000 fewer than the Model 3. This is because the number of units sold decreased by 39.3% from the same period last year (12,8787 units).

Concept Car 45 [사진 제공 = 현대차] Hyundai Motor Group sharpened its sword to protect the home market and restore pride. Hyundai Motor Company’s Ioniq 5 is at the forefront of Tesla attack.
Ioniq 5 is a semi-medium CUV based on the concept car ’45’ that Hyundai Motor Company first unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany in 2019.

The E-GMP to be applied to Ionic 5 is designed with an optimized structure for electric vehicles, unlike conventional electric vehicles that utilize the platform of an internal combustion engine vehicle.

The 800V high voltage charging system and 400V/800V multi-fast charging system were applied to shorten the charging time.

It can be charged up to 80% within 18 minutes by using a super fast charger. When fully charged, it can travel more than 500km in domestic standards. It can travel 100km with just a 5-minute charge. In Korea, the Model 3 can run 446km, the Volt EV can run 414km, and the Kona EV can run 406km.

Kia Motors is releasing a CV inspired by the concept car’Imagine by Kia’ in the second half of the year. I used the same platform as Ionic.

Genesis also introduces the G80 electric vehicle model eG80 and JW with E-GMP.

BMW iX [사진 제공 = BMW] BMW Korea puts the BMW iX3 at the forefront in the first half. In the second half of the year, the BMW iX will target Tesla in earnest.
The BMW iX3 is based on the SUV BMW X3. It is equipped with a 20kW electric motor and a high voltage battery with a capacity of 70kW. It can travel more than 400km on a single charge.

The BMW iX is the new technology flagship model of the BMW Group. It is currently in the final stage of development.

It applied the 5th generation eDrive technology that encompasses two electric motors, electronic parts, charging technology, and high voltage batteries.

The size is similar to the BMW X5 and X6. The maximum output is 500 horsepower or more, and the zero-back (0→100km/h acceleration) is within 5 seconds. A high voltage battery with a capacity of over 100 kWh is installed. It runs over 600km on a single charge.

Using a 200kW DC fast charger, it takes less than 40 minutes to charge to 80%. If you use a fast charger, you can drive 120km in just 10 minutes.

Audi etron Sportback [사진 제공 = 아우디] Audi Korea will introduce the Audi e-tron, an electric SUV, and the Audi e-tron, an SUV coupe, in the first half of the year. It combines the spaciousness of an SUV, the elegance of a four-door coupe, and advanced electric vehicle characteristics.
It can travel 446km on a single charge. The first mass-produced car was equipped with digital matrix headlights. With over 1 million micromirrors, the brightness in front of the vehicle can be precisely controlled.

The Mercedes EQS to be released by Benz Korea is a mass-production model of the concept car’Vision EQS’, which was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany in 2019. It presents the future of a large luxury electric sedan and a design vision for Mercedes.

The Mercedes EQA is a compact electric car. It is a mass-produced model for the’Concept EQA’ that was introduced at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Porsche Taycan Turbo S and Turbo from left [사진 제공 = 포르쉐] Porsche Korea will sequentially release the Taycan Turbo S and Turbo, electric sports cars in the first half of this year. The Taycan Turbo S has a peak output of 761 horsepower. Zeroback is only 2.8 seconds.

The Taycan Turbo has a peak output of 680 horsepower and a zero back of 3.2 seconds.

The Taycan adopted an 800V system. Like the Ioniq 5, it can drive up to 100km with a 5-minute charge. It takes about 22 minutes and 30 seconds to charge 80% at high power.

Tesla is also launching on Mercury with a new model. Model Y, a mid-sized SUV launched in the US last year, will be sold in Korea.

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