The Last Cylinder: How Automaker Just Killed the Internal Combustion Engine Forever

Episode Description 

This major automotive news flew under the radar, but it represents a seismic shift in the electric vehicle market. Hyundai, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing vehicle manufacturers, has made a historic decision that will reshape the entire industry. 

Key Points Covered: 

• Historic Industry Decision - Hyundai has permanently shut down its gas engine development team to transition fully to electric vehicles
• 40 Years of Engine Development Ends - After four decades of internal combustion engine development, Hyundai is closing this chapter permanently
• Massive Workforce Transition - 12,000 employees previously working on gas engines are being transferred to EV powertrain development
• Major Commitment Shift - While Hyundai was previously lackluster on fully committing to electric, they're now completely abandoning gas engine development
• Current Engines in Limbo - Existing engines in development won't be improved, redeveloped, or updated moving forward
• Timeline Impact - Effects won't be fully realized for 3-4 years, as gas vehicles will continue to be sold in the short term
• Technology Obsolescence - Without ongoing development, current gas engines will become outdated and unusable in future vehicle models
• Complete Electric Future - Everything from Hyundai will eventually be electric-only
• Industry Canary in Coal Mine - This decision signals broader trends in electric vehicle marketplace development
• Under-the-Radar Significance - Despite limited media coverage, this represents one of the most significant automotive industry shifts in recent years

This episode explores why Hyundai's decision matters for consumers, the auto industry, and the future of transportation.

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This news kind of flew under the radar but this is a really big deal in terms of what's going on with the electric vehicle market. Hyundai, one of the largest and fastest growing vehicle manufacturers, has shut down its gas engine development team permanently to go all electric. Its internal combustion engine development team is closed. For 40 years the automaker has been developing internal combustion engines but no more. They do have some engines obviously that are still in development but these are not going to be improved, redeveloped or redone.

Hyundai had 12,000 people working on engines but they're now being transferred to EV power train development. This is a big deal. This is a major automotive company basically saying we're not doing gas engines anymore. Up until recently they were kind of a little bit lackluster on fully committing but now they are completely off the deal of gas engines.

So even though it's kind of an under the radar story you may not read about it and the effects of this may not be realized for three four more years, they're still going to sell gas vehicles for the next several years. But any type of engine development needs constant upgrading and updating of the technology and if they're closing down engine development that means that whatever engines are currently in production they're going to continue to make those and use those in vehicles but after a few years you won't be able to use them anymore because they'll be outdated and they'll need new technology to keep them even usable in current year vehicles.

Everything is going to be electric with Hyundai and this is kind of a canary in a coal mine for future development of electric vehicles in the marketplace.