Hyundai’s Journey: From CES 2018 to Making e-Corner Tech a Reality
Five years after showing it at CES 2018, South Korean automotive company Hyundai Ioniq 5 Crab Walking is getting closer to making its e-Corner technology real. It was also at CES 2021, and now, they didn’t need a special prototype to show it off. They put the e-Corner tech into one of their Ioniq 5 electric cars at a recent show. New Hyundai Ioniq 5 e-Corner Tech changes parallel parking.
Parallel Parking with Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 e-Corner Tech:
There’s a new technology in a Hyundai IONIQ 5 car that’s pretty cool parallel parking. It lets all four wheels turn 90 degrees together or separately. This makes tricky things like parking between cars, parking forwards, or getting out of tight spots much easier.
This technology has some parts like special brakes and steering that work electronically, and there’s a motor in each wheel. Hyundai Mobis thinks this kind of tech will be really important for electric and self-driving cars in the future. Hyundai’s new crab-walking technique is a game changer, especially for parallel parking.
The Future of Mobility:
Cheon Jae-seung, the head of the future technology convergence institute at Hyundai Mobis said: ‘We are idealizing the e-Corner System in order to meet the demands for future mobility.
‘We will secure different types of customized mobility solutions that can be applied in autonomous driving and PBVs to solidify our vision of reaching new heights as a mobility platform provider.’
Hyundai Ioniq 5’s ‘Zero Turn’ Maneuve:
The team also showed something cool called a ‘zero turn. It’s like when you make a U-turn right where you are. The Ioniq 5 car’s wheels turn out, and the front and back wheels spin in different directions. Letting the car make a 360-degree turn without moving much. The Hyundai Mobis team had one cleverer trick to show.
When crab walking vehicles are introduced?
The e-Corner System is part of Hyundai’s Electric Vehicle vision of reaching new heights. As a mobility platform provider by securing different types of customized mobility solutions for autonomous driving and PBVs. Although the Crab Walking system is not yet ready for production. Hyundai aims to introduce Crab Walking to its production vehicles in the future.
This technology might be used in regular cars by 2025.
