Hyundai shuts down main ICE development center
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Wow, this is bold.
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Hyundai Motor Group has abruptly abolished the Engine Development Center at its R&D Headquarters. It has officially declared its policy not to release new models powered by internal combustion engines anymore.
The group carried out the largest-ever reorganization of its R&D headquarters on Dec. 17. The Namyang Research Institute has 12,000 R&D personnel and is a key organization that serves as the brain of Hyundai Motor Group.
The group has transformed its Powertrain Team into the Electrification Development Team, an organization dedicated to R&D for electric vehicles. The Engine Development Center was completely shut down and all powertrain-related centers were converted to electrification-related units. At the same time, the automaker decided to focus on securing battery technology by establishing the Battery Development Center.
The group carried out the largest-ever reorganization of its R&D headquarters on Dec. 17. The Namyang Research Institute has 12,000 R&D personnel and is a key organization that serves as the brain of Hyundai Motor Group.
The group has transformed its Powertrain Team into the Electrification Development Team, an organization dedicated to R&D for electric vehicles. The Engine Development Center was completely shut down and all powertrain-related centers were converted to electrification-related units. At the same time, the automaker decided to focus on securing battery technology by establishing the Battery Development Center.
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The reasoning isn't probably what people think. A lot of engine development is driven by efficiency in order to meet gov regulations. No need to do that anymore if you are going to selling more EVs to offset the current emissions from ICE. They probably consider the efficiency of the current engines good enough. Then, regulations will probably tighten, forced automakers to push all models to EV instead of ICE. I doubt there will be an outright ban on ICE engines, but the gov will manipulate the market to make ICE financially unappealing to everyone but the rich.
I predict it will be a mess. As EVs become more popular, supply demand should kill gasoline prices and spike electricity prices. People will be furious when they realize they are now paying high prices for electricity to fuel cars, and that cost has now bled over into running their homes. The rest that didn't go EV will realize that gasoline prices are artificially inflated by the gov to prevent people from returning to ICE as electricity prices spike and they will be just as furious. In the end, everybody will pay more, and nobody will likely be happy, which is par for the course when the market isn't allow to sort itself out.
I predict it will be a mess. As EVs become more popular, supply demand should kill gasoline prices and spike electricity prices. People will be furious when they realize they are now paying high prices for electricity to fuel cars, and that cost has now bled over into running their homes. The rest that didn't go EV will realize that gasoline prices are artificially inflated by the gov to prevent people from returning to ICE as electricity prices spike and they will be just as furious. In the end, everybody will pay more, and nobody will likely be happy, which is par for the course when the market isn't allow to sort itself out.
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It's more nuanced than that. The grid can handle more EVs simply because the times that EVs charge aren't during peak demand. It would take quite a number of EVs to get to electricity usage equal to peak demand during the day. California with issues during the day has no issues charging EVs at night. Not even close and it's around 9% penetration of EVs. Grid has plenty of time to adapt (as they are all upgrading now) so I don't really believe the doom and gloom scenarios. Let's see what happens.
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The reasoning isn't probably what people think. A lot of engine development is driven by efficiency in order to meet gov regulations. No need to do that anymore if you are going to selling more EVs to offset the current emissions from ICE. They probably consider the efficiency of the current engines good enough. Then, regulations will probably tighten, forced automakers to push all models to EV instead of ICE. I doubt there will be an outright ban on ICE engines, but the gov will manipulate the market to make ICE financially unappealing to everyone but the rich.
I predict it will be a mess. As EVs become more popular, supply demand should kill gasoline prices and spike electricity prices. People will be furious when they realize they are now paying high prices for electricity to fuel cars, and that cost has now bled over into running their homes. The rest that didn't go EV will realize that gasoline prices are artificially inflated by the gov to prevent people from returning to ICE as electricity prices spike and they will be just as furious. In the end, everybody will pay more, and nobody will likely be happy, which is par for the course when the market isn't allow to sort itself out.
I predict it will be a mess. As EVs become more popular, supply demand should kill gasoline prices and spike electricity prices. People will be furious when they realize they are now paying high prices for electricity to fuel cars, and that cost has now bled over into running their homes. The rest that didn't go EV will realize that gasoline prices are artificially inflated by the gov to prevent people from returning to ICE as electricity prices spike and they will be just as furious. In the end, everybody will pay more, and nobody will likely be happy, which is par for the course when the market isn't allow to sort itself out.
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It's more nuanced than that. The grid can handle more EVs simply because the times that EVs charge aren't during peak demand. It would take quite a number of EVs to get to electricity usage equal to peak demand during the day. California with issues during the day has no issues charging EVs at night. Not even close and it's around 9% penetration of EVs. Grid has plenty of time to adapt (as they are all upgrading now) so I don't really believe the doom and gloom scenarios. Let's see what happens.
but i think bob is exactly right that EVs are being heavily pushed / subsidized / and regulated into dominance. Car makers have no choice but to go with it. Hyundai doesn't want to be behind (like toyota).
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i don't think bob said anything about the grid not being able to handle lots more EVs.
but i think bob is exactly right that EVs are being heavily pushed / subsidized / and regulated into dominance. Car makers have no choice but to go with it. Hyundai doesn't want to be behind (like toyota).
but i think bob is exactly right that EVs are being heavily pushed / subsidized / and regulated into dominance. Car makers have no choice but to go with it. Hyundai doesn't want to be behind (like toyota).
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I predict it will be a mess. As EVs become more popular, supply demand should kill gasoline prices and spike electricity prices. People will be furious when they realize they are now paying high prices for electricity to fuel cars, and that cost has now bled over into running their homes. The rest that didn't go EV will realize that gasoline prices are artificially inflated by the gov to prevent people from returning to ICE as electricity prices spike and they will be just as furious. In the end, everybody will pay more, and nobody will likely be happy, which is par for the course when the market isn't allow to sort itself out.
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Also, the situation was different. Oil wasn't being pushed on people. The entire economy was starving for oil, and it was needed in almost every sector. . We were and still are an oil based economy, and the investment wasn't being done to the detriment of any other industry. There was no other viable option. And public support was overwhelmingly in agreement.
This is different.
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