Modern Mobis e-corner loading show: the wheel can turn 90 degrees, can drive laterally, and turn around in place.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Xiao Zhan for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, January 10 (Xinhua)-- at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Hyundai Mobis unveiled a prototype IONIC 5 with e-corner module technology. The car can turn 90 degrees on all four wheels and can perform special actions such as lateral driving and a 360-degree U-turn in place.

E-Corner integrates electric motors, electric shock absorbers, wire-controlled brakes and wire-controlled steering, making it a complete kit that can be installed on plug-in vehicles. The video shows that the special car can rotate all its wheels 90 degrees in the same direction, so that the car can complete any operation such as tank U-turn, crab, circle, oblique and so on.

It is reported that the e-Corner uses four hub motors, braking and electronically controlled steering and electronic dampers are integrated in each wheel unit, completely divorced from the traditional chassis design and no steering column. Each wheel can be accelerated, braking and steering independently, truly four-wheel random drive, the system can be adapted to a variety of vehicles from SUV to medium-sized compact cars.

Not long ago, looking up at the U8 also demonstrated the lateral driving function, but the working principle is different from the IONIC 5 prototype car, which is achieved by carrying McNum wheels.

Hyundai Mobis has not released any other details about its e-Corner module, but it has great potential to simplify the entire assembly process of electric vehicles and provide drivers with more maneuverability.

CTOnews.com learned that the technology was unveiled as early as 2018, and Hyundai plans to optimize it by 2023 and form a complete solution by 2025.

Mobis was founded in 1977, its full name is Hyundai Hyundai mobis. As one of the three main forces of Hyundai Kia Automobile Group, it is the seventh auto parts supplier in the world and one of the Fortune 500 companies in 2018. As South Korea's largest auto parts company, Hyundai Mobis has a wide range of business and has few auto parts products that Hyundai Mobis does not involve.