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Hyundai wants to re-badge EVs and sell them to GM: Here’s how it will work

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Two of the top-selling EV manufacturers within the US are teaming as much as overcome an unsure market in 2025. Hyundai confirmed on Thursday that it’s nearing a take care of GM that would come with re-badging EV fashions. Right here’s what to anticipate.

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What the Hyundai EV provide take care of GM would containElectrek’s Take

After asserting its fourth quarter 2024 financials, Hyundai confirmed it was nearing a deal to promote industrial EVs to GM.

“We’re contemplating re-badging our industrial EVs and supplying GM,” Hyundai’s CFO, Lee Seung Jo, mentioned on a convention name (by way of Reuters) Thursday. Lee added the deal would pave the best way for our entry into the North American industrial automobile market.”

The partnership comes amid new uncertainty beneath US President Donald Trump’s management. Trump already eradicated the EV “mandate,” which by no means existed within the first place.

He additionally threatened to finish the $7,500 federal EV tax credit score, which might solely put the US additional behind China’s surging world presence.

Earlier this week, Trump even mentioned he was contemplating imposing a 25% tariff on two of the US’s greatest commerce companions, Canada and Mexico. Hyundai mentioned shifting insurance policies beneath Trump may damage US gross sales. Nonetheless, the corporate expects much less impression than Japanese rivals like Toyota and Honda.

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Chevy Equinox EV LT (Supply: GM)

What the Hyundai EV provide take care of GM would contain

Le defined that Hyundai expects “extra enterprise uncertainties this 12 months than ever earlier than” with anticipated coverage adjustments within the US, North Korea, and Europe.

See also  As tensions rise, Ford's electric vehicle production hangs precariously in the balance. A worker strike has taken hold at the company's German facility, casting a pall of uncertainty over the future of this crucial hub.

Hyundai started manufacturing at its $7.6 billion EV plant in Georgia final October, the biggest financial venture the state has ever seen.

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2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 (Supply: Hyundai)

Though Hyundai introduced new EVs made on the facility, together with the up to date 2025 IONIQ 5, would qualify for the $7,500 US tax credit score, the DOE eliminated the corporate’s electrical automobiles final week. The corporate mentioned on Thursday it plans to increase US manufacturing to melt the blow of fixing tariffs. Hyundai may even add hybrid output to the combination in Georgia.

Hyundai and GM signed an MoU final September with plans to discover joint EV powertrain, tech improvement, manufacturing, and extra.

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2026 Hyundai IONIQ 9 (Supply: Hyundai)

The Korean automaker confirmed on Thursday that it plans to signal binding contracts for passenger and industrial autos by the primary quarter of 2025.

Though no different particulars had been supplied, a report from Korean media Pulse claimed GM CEO Mary Barra met with Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung final November to debate collectively growing a pickup truck. The report mentioned plans included “badge engineering,” the place Hyundai EV fashions could be bought beneath the GM title or vice versa.

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Hyundai ST1 EV enterprise platform (Supply: Hyundai Motor)

Hyundai launched the ST1 electrical enterprise van platform final March, which might seemingly be the premise for GM’s industrial EV.

The platform is “tailor-made to varied functions,” together with supply, logistics, and extra. It provides a refrigerated van and chassis cab choice.

Electrek’s Take

Though Hyundai is coming off its fourth-record retail gross sales 12 months within the US, like all automakers, it’s bracing for adjustments in 2025.

See also  Nissan and Honda are reportedly considering a partnership to drive down the cost of electric vehicles (EVs) and compete more effectively with Chinese automakers such as BYD.

In response to Cox Automotive, Hyundai and GM had among the highest EV gross sales progress within the US, behind Honda and Ford.

Hyundai Motor Group, together with Kia and Genesis, bought extra EVs than GM and Ford within the US final 12 months, with over 120,000 models. A brand new partnership to provide industrial EVs to GM would assist the Korean automaker additional increase in its most essential market.

In the meantime, GM solely bought 1,529 Brightdrop industrial electrical vans within the US final 12 months, far fewer than the Ford E-Transit (12,610) and Rivian EDV (13,243).

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