Hyundai Motor Group is reportedly engaged on a next-generation plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain for the Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento SUVs which could have an all-electric vary of as much as 100km.

As reported by South Korean publication ETNews, which claims to have spoken with business sources, this new PHEV powertrain will first debut in 2025 within the flagship Hyundai Grandeur sedan. This automobile is constructed on the identical N3 platform as the present Santa Fe and Sorento.

The publication doesn’t present any additional particulars surrounding this new PHEV powertrain apart from saying it would supply as much as 100km of electrical vary.

It’s unclear when this new PHEV powertrain will probably be launched to the Santa Fe and Sorento. A brand new technology was just lately revealed of the previous, whereas the a mid-life replace was simply revealed for the latter.

The brand new PHEV powertrain mightn’t debut within the Sorento till the next-generation mannequin, or within the Santa Fe till a mid-life replace.

The present Kia Sorento PHEV is powered by a 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine mated to a 67kW/304Nm electrical motor, a 13.8kWh water-cooled lithium-ion battery pack, and a six-speed automated. Complete system outputs are 195kW of energy and 350Nm of torque.

It has an all-electric vary of as much as 68km based on WLTP testing.

This PHEV powertrain is understood to be carrying over within the Sorento with the facelift that’s due domestically in the course of the fourth quarter of 2023, together with the petrol V6, turbo-diesel, and petrol-electric hybrid engine choices.

A boxy new technology of the Hyundai Santa Fe was just lately revealed.

Globally the brand new Santa Fe is accessible with a 1.6-litre turbo petrol-electric PHEV powertrain, although it’s understood to not be coming Down Beneath. We’re anticipating to see the two.5-litre turbo petrol and 1.6-litre hybrid engine choices in Australia.

This new-generation Hyundai Santa Fe is due in Australia in the course of the first half of 2024 and be the primary Santa Fe to be offered with out a diesel engine choice.

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