Whereas Hyundai introduced on the twenty seventh that they’ll halt operations at their Asan plant, the place the brand new IONIQ 7 will likely be constructed, from December thirty first to February thirteenth subsequent 12 months to conduct facility upgrades for electrical automobile manufacturing, at the moment we wish to share with you of the IONIQ 7 spied whereas testing by our colleagues at SB-Medien.
The corporate acknowledged, “The scheduled date for manufacturing resumption is February 14th subsequent 12 months, however it’s topic to alter relying on inside circumstances.”
The Hyundai Asan plant, with a manufacturing capability of 300,000 models yearly, presently employs a blended 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 Car (SUV), IONIQ 7.
IONIQ 7 is Hyundai’s third devoted electrical automobile mannequin, using the E-GMP electrical automobile 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 revealing of the idea automobile ‘Seven’ on the 2021 LA Motor Present.
Because of the Asan plant’s suspension for roughly six weeks from the year-end, the ready time for standard fashions, which had not too long ago 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 primarily based on Could information, has lowered to 7 months.
The up to date ready occasions for particular fashions originally 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 a