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Hyundai Group develops personal electric scooter

&NewLine;<p>Hyundai&NewLine;Motor Group&comma; a&NewLine;global corporation that has created a value chain based on automobiles&comma; steel&comma;&NewLine;construction including &nbsp&semi;logistics&comma; finance&comma; IT and service&comma; has developed a new prototype&NewLine;electric scooter&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Building&NewLine;on its initial concept presented at CES 2017&comma; the new model boasts rear-wheel&NewLine;drive&comma; a highly-capable lithium battery and stylish front and rear lights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According&NewLine;to a release signed by Jin Cha and made available to OpenLife on August 27&comma; the&NewLine;latest concept features in future Hyundai Motor Group plans to enable first-&NewLine;and last-mile mobility through integrating the scooter with future Hyundai and&NewLine;Kia vehicles&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When mounted&NewLine;on a vehicle&comma; the scooter is charged automatically using electricity produced&NewLine;while driving&comma; ensuring that the user can complete their journey seamlessly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The 2019&NewLine;model’s shift from front-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive is key in enhancing&NewLine;safety and stability as it positions weight near the rear&period; Additionally&comma; the&NewLine;Group’s engineers have added suspension to the front wheel to provide a&NewLine;smoother ride&comma; even on rough surfaces&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>DongJinHyun&comma;&NewLine;head of Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Team&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is the vehicle-mounted&NewLine;personal scooter which could&NewLine;be featured in future Hyundai Motor Group vehicles&period; We want to make our&NewLine;customers’ lives as easy and enjoyable as possible&period; Our personal electric&NewLine;scooter makes first- and last-mile commuting a joy&comma; while helping to reduce&NewLine;congestion and emissions in city centers&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The&NewLine;latest version of Hyundai Motor Group’s electric scooter features a 10&period;5 Ah lithium&NewLine;battery&period; This enables the scooter to achieve a top speed of 20km per hour and&NewLine;is sufficient to power the scooter for around 20km on a single charge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Weighing&NewLine;around 7&period;7kg&comma; the scooter is highly portable&comma; while its unique and compact tri-folding&NewLine;design means it is lighter and more compact than any similar product&period; Enhancing&NewLine;its usability further&comma; it features a digital display that shows battery status and&NewLine;speed&semi; while&comma; for nighttime riding&comma; the new scooter is equipped with two stylishly-curved&NewLine;front LED&NewLine;headlights&comma; and two rear tail lamps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Looking&NewLine;at further potential development&comma; the Group plans to install a regenerative braking system to increase&NewLine;the scooter’s range by 7&percnt;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The&NewLine;ongoing efforts to provide customers with last mile transportation align with&NewLine;trends highlighted in research data by global consultancy&comma; McKinsey &amp&semi;&NewLine;Company&period; It showed that the &OpenCurlyQuote;Last Mile Mobility’ market in the US&comma; Europe&comma; and&NewLine;China is expected to grow to 500 Billion USD by 2030&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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