Hyundai introduced on the twenty seventh that they may halt operations at their Asan plant from December thirty first to February thirteenth subsequent 12 months to conduct facility upgrades for electrical car manufacturing.
The corporate acknowledged, “The scheduled date for manufacturing resumption is February 14th subsequent 12 months, however it’s topic to vary relying on inner circumstances.”
The Hyundai Asan plant, with a manufacturing capability of 300,000 items yearly, presently employs a combined manufacturing system for 3 fashions – Sonata, Grandeur, and IONIQ 6. Beforehand, solely Sonata and Grandeur had been manufactured there, however Ioniq 6 was added to the manufacturing lineup final 12 months. Beginning subsequent 12 months, the Asan plant will produce a complete of 4 fashions, together with the big electrical Sports activities Utility Automobile (SUV), IONIQ 7.
IONIQ 7 is Hyundai’s third devoted electrical car mannequin, using the E-GMP electrical car platform, following the IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6. It’s a giant electrical SUV with three rows of seats. The design and product idea of the IONIQ 7 had been hinted at with the disclosing of the idea automotive ‘Seven’ on the 2021 LA Motor Present.
Hyundai Asan Plant
As a result of Asan plant’s suspension for about six weeks from the year-end, the ready time for common fashions, which had lately began to lower, is anticipated to extend once more. As of the start of this month, the supply ready time for Sonata Hybrid, which beforehand required as much as 10 months from the acquisition contract based mostly on Might information, has decreased to 7 months.
The up to date ready instances for particular fashions initially of this month had been 4 months for Sonata 1.6 Turbo, 6 weeks for Grandeur 2.5 Gasoline, 3 weeks for Grandeur Hybrid, and three weeks for IONIQ 6. Hyundai and its subsidiaries are presently struggling lots with the demand of hybrid autos in South Korea.
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