Innovation Segment : Electric Vehicles

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Electric minibus with 128kWh battery pack - Hyundai

Global

Hyundai is launching its first electric “minibus” equipped with a 128kWh battery pack for economical short trips. Electric bus manufacturers like BYD and Protera have mostly focused on bigger vehicles for mass transit, but there’s also an opportunity for smaller transit vehicles to be electric.

Hyundai is seizing this opportunity with the new “County Electric,” an electric minibus:"

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Innovation theme: Electric “minibus” equipped with a 128kWh battery pack for economical short trips, a range of 250 km on a full charge, County Electric is a zero-emission bus that offers tremendous safety and convenience features for drivers and passengers. 

Relevant for

  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Chemical engineer
  • Material sciences professional
  • Power engineer

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage

Domain

Energy Efficiency

Energy storage

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry