The Hyundai Prophecy is a

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produced by the South Korean manufacturer

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presented in March 2020, and announced in a family sedan range in 2021 replacing the

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. The Hyundai Prophecy EV is going into production together with the

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with the mission to form part of the company’s 23 electric vehicles (EV) portfolio by 2025.

Presentation

The Hyundai Prophecy concept car was to be presented at the

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in 2020 but it was canceled due to the

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. It was presented on the web on 3 March 2020. The production version is called the Ioniq 6, under Hyundai's Ioniq sub brand, and has entered the market in 2022. File:Hyundai Prophecy Concept IAA 2021 1X7A0008.jpg, Rear view File:Hyundai Prophecy Concept IAA 2021 1X7A0315.jpg, Interior

Technical characteristics

The Prophecy is based on a new modular technical platform called " e-GMP" dedicated to the brand's future electric vehicles. It is equipped with rear doors with antagonistic openings. Inside, the concept has an air purifier and there is no steering wheel, this is replaced by two

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s arranged on each side of the driver.

References

{{Hyundai Motor Company

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