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Turns out: the Hyundai i10 convertible will be electric - voila! vehicle

2022-07-24T09:24:44.478Z


Hyundai releases hints about their intention to market a relatively cheap city car that will be completely electric, how much might it cost?


It appears: the Hyundai i10 convertible will be electric

An executive at Hyundai Europe confirms: We are targeting an urban and cheap electric car.

We have general details and a guess about the price

Kenan Cohen

07/24/2022

Sunday, July 24, 2022, 11:35 a.m. Updated: 12:16 p.m.

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Hyundai Casper, is this the direction? (Photo: Manufacturer's website)

Small, urban, electric and with a target price of about 20 thousand euros, these are Hyundai's plans for the electric car that will replace the i10 and its sister Kia Picanto.

The head of Hyundai's European marketing department confirmed that the new model will be part of the expansion of the manufacturer's offering that will include 11 additional vehicles that will be presented by 2030.



In light of the very problematic challenge posed by the development of a small and cheap electric car from the ground up, it is not certain that Hyundai will choose to go all the way and present a dedicated car , and it is very possible that we will see a conversion of an existing car to electric drive just like Dacia did with the Spring based on the Renault Kwid.



City cars are not supposed to have an exceptional driving range and therefore can use relatively small batteries, but even then, their price will not be low and a lot of compromises are required in the area of ​​weight (or in other words - noise insulation).

A new car or a conversion of the existing one? (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

A possibility that was brought up was to use a model called Casper - a kind of mini crossover that is currently marketed in South Korea and shows a resemblance to the Suzuki Ignis or the Toyota Aygo X, a combination of small dimensions and an elevated performance.

But it is possible that using the Hono platform is also considered.



As mentioned, the target price of the car will be about 20,000 euros, that is, higher than the price of today's i10 and closer to the price of an equipped Volkswagen Polo or Toyota Yaris, so in an approximate translation into shekels, we may be looking at about 130,000 shekels.

A price that is in the segment of another electric city car already marketed here - the Fiat 500E.



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