Hyundai T10 electric pick-up confirmed to be in development

Hyundai will introduce an electrical pick-up within the approaching years, trace president and chief ingenious officer Luc Donkerwolke has confirmed.

Speaking with Chasing Cars and Australian media at Fresh York Auto Uncover, the senior executive affirmed that electrical utes had been studied closely, including by Genesis – but that Hyundai is the upright trace to take hold of the notion that extra.

Trademark filings by Hyundai in Australia have published that the emblem has reserved the title Ioniq T10, which might per chance presumably per chance be the likely branding for the confirmed EV pick-up.

Whereas the Hyundai model is persevering with to production, luxury arm Genesis has moreover built and examined experimental electrical pick-up designs, in step with Donkerwolke.

“Now we have performed EV pick-ups. Now we have performed a quantity of things that no one asked us to achieve. Now we have experimented but now we have decided we’re not going to accumulate a Genesis EV pick-up,” said Donkerwolke.

“We [develop a lot of experimental products] upright to be willing, on memoir of you never know.

“I take care of pick-ups – I accumulate a Shelby Raptor, the finest one in Europe. But we must watch out. Now we have Hyundai, Kia and Genesis. For Genesis, no [to an EV pick-up].”

Pressed on whether Hyundai would take hold of the electrical pick-up or ute notion to production, Donkerwolke used to be particular. The answer is “yes.”

Nonetheless, the C-suite executive would not be drawn on whether Hyundai used to be pressing forward with a unibody car or a more difficult physique-on-physique accumulate.

“Now we have seen the assorted issues of the Huge Three [Ford, Chevrolet and Stellantis] coming with EV pickups,” Donkerwolke said.

Miserable fluctuate, especially while towing, have miniature enchantment of the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T electrical utes within the USA – not lower than amongst heavy-responsibility customers.

“There are assorted kinds of customers. The customers on the soar are assorted to those within the Midwest. Slightly a few the customers of pick-united statesare moderately aged. You are going to continually have a obvious success in [cities] with a diminutive, current [EV ute]. But the ‘exact’ pick-up user in Colorado wants [something tougher].

Pushed on what favor Hyundai had made – metropolis or titillating – Donkerwolke said he couldn’t advise at this stage.In 2025, sister trace Kia will introduce the diesel-powered, physique-on-physique Tasman ute, and it’s miles thought that the platform is ready to rotund electrification.