At this 12 months’s Gaikindo Indonesia Worldwide Auto Present (GIIAS), Hyundai Motors Indonesia (HMI) launched the second-generation Kona Electrical, which is domestically assembled within the nation. The CKD operation is intensive because it additionally covers the batteries used, which makes the Kona Electrical the primary Hyundai electrical car (EV) to make use of batteries (and cells) made in Indonesia.
Earlier this month, Hyundai Motor Group introduced a three way partnership with LG Power Options for the native manufacturing of EV battery cells in Indonesia. The JV firm is known as PT Hyundai LG Indonesia (HLI) Inexperienced Energy, which produces battery cells at a plant in Karawang earlier than they’re assembled into battery packs PT Hyundai Power Indonesia that has the capability to provide 50,000 items yearly.
Each factories complement the PT Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (HMMI) plant that at the moment makes the Ioniq 5, and now, the Kona Electrical. This facility is poised to extend its EV manufacturing capability to 70,000 items by this 12 months, with complete manufacturing capability of 150,000 items per 12 months after.
It ought to be famous that the battery cell plant in Indonesia is the primary of its type in Southeast Asia with an annual capability of 10 GWh. This represents one other sign of intent that the nation needs to develop into an EV powerhouse within the area. HMI additionally identified in the course of the reveal that the first-generation Kona Electrical was the primary EV in Indonesia.
Getting again to the Hyundai’s landmark EV for Indonesia, the most recent Kona Electrical retails from 499 million rupiah (about RM145k) for the bottom Fashion Normal Vary variant. That is adopted by the Prime Normal Vary (515 million rupiah or RM149k), Prime Lengthy Vary (560 million rupiah or RM162k), Signature Normal Vary (575 million rupiah or RM167k) and the range-topping Signature Lengthy Vary (575 million rupiah or RM171k).
By way of specs, all variants of the Kona Electrical include a front-mounted electrical motor, which is rated on the identical peak torque of 255 Nm. The distinction is available in most energy, which is 156 PS (154 hp or 114.6 kW) for the Normal Vary variants, whereas the Lengthy Vary packs 217 PS (214 hp or 160 kW).
Equally, the SR vehicles are geared up with a 48.9-kWh lithium-ion battery for a NEDC-rated vary of 448 km. The LR variants get a higher-capacity, 66-kWh unit for as much as 602 km with the Prime Lengthy Vary, or 549 km with the Signature Lengthy Vary.
As for normal gear, the Kona Electrical comes customary with a battery conditioning system, navigation focal point perform (displaying EV charging stations), LED daytime working lights, six airbags, ABS, brake help, hill begin help, an digital parking brake (with auto maintain), a 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, distant begin, Bluelink telematics, a dual-zone local weather management.
Going by variant, the Fashion lacks any superior driver help programs (ADAS) in contrast to the Prime that comes with autonomous emergency braking (with junction help), lane following and conserving help, driver consideration warning and lively cruise management with cease and go.
The Signature will get extra programs resembling blind spot monitoring with collision avoidance help, parking collision-avoidance help when reversing, a encompass view monitor and rear cross visitors alert with avoidance help. The highest-spec possibility additionally will get additional goodies like an eight-speaker Bose sound system, a wi-fi charging pad, a full-width glass sunroof, a sensible tailgate, vehicle-to-load (V2L) perform and 19-inch wheels (all different variants get 17 inchers).
GALLERY: 2024 Hyundai Kona Electrical Indonesia brochure
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