Foreign media have reported that Hyundai Motor will launch 58 new and refreshed models in North America by 2030 and release next year a Santa Fe extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) built in the United States.
According to a report on the 10th (local time) by U.S. EV outlet Inside EVs, Hyundai revealed the plans on Wednesday at its “2026 CEO Investor Day” in Seoul. The centerpiece is the new Santa Fe EREV. The outlet reported that it delivers a combined range of more than 600 miles on a full battery and one tank of gasoline.
The Santa Fe EREV launches next year and will be built at the Alabama plant in the United States. Kia will release a Telluride EREV in 2029 and an extended-range pickup truck in 2030. The outlet also reported that Genesis will launch an EREV SUV with a range of more than 640 miles before the 2020s end.
Hyundai said it will use its own high-nickel battery cells in EREVs. It claimed the cells cut charging time by 40% and deliver similar performance with less than half the battery capacity of comparable EVs. EVs arriving next year will use mid-nickel cells, lowering costs by 30% without a performance drop, it said. A thermal runaway prevention system that stops fire from spreading through barriers between cells will debut in an unnamed Genesis model.
In autonomous driving, Hyundai will deliver Ioniq 5 robotaxis to Waymo starting in the fourth quarter of this year. Its subsidiary Motional will launch an Ioniq 5 driverless ride-hailing service within the year. The first software-defined vehicle (SDV) arrives in 2028. It will use a standard sensor platform based on the Nvidia ecosystem. The outlet reported that Hyundai is building a 100-megawatt AI data center in Korea with more than 50,000 GPUs.
By the end of the 2020s, Hyundai plans to launch 49 new and refreshed models in Korea, 41 in Europe, 26 in India and 22 in China. From this month it will bring the compact EV Ioniq 3 to Europe. The outlet reported its estimated range at about 500 miles on the WLTP cycle.
The outlet said the next-generation Ford F-150 Lightning, Ram 1500 REV and Jeep Grand Wagoneer are expected to join the U.S. EREV market. However, it noted, “It is unclear whether the market will welcome yet another powertrain type while it is already going through a learning process on EVs.” It added, “The definition of what it means to be an automaker is widening every year.”
※ This article was written based on a report by U.S. outlet Inside EVs on November 10 (local time).