Hyundai Motor said on the 21st that it donated eight Ioniq 5s and charging infrastructure to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP), a UN-affiliated agency responding to food crises, and released a video showing the donated vehicles being deployed to relief sites.
The donation of vehicles and charging infrastructure by Hyundai Motor was carried out as part of a memorandum of understanding signed between Hyundai Motor and the WFP in July last year.
In addition to donating vehicles, Hyundai Motor supported the establishment of electric-vehicle charging infrastructure and solar-power facilities in 12 countries where WFP offices are located. Hyundai Motor said the solar facilities covered about 84% of the electricity needed to operate each country office on their own and made it possible to save about $520,000 (about 770 million won) annually.
Hyundai Motor also released a WFP activity documentary video to improve the climate crisis in the Philippines and a partner video featuring scenes of the Ioniq 5 carrying out relief work on the ground. The partnership video shows the World Food Programme's vision, Hyundai Motor's vehicle donation and applied new technologies, and the Ioniq 5 being used at relief sites in the Philippines.
Hyundai Motor test-applied to the relief vehicles the "transparent metal-coated heated glass" technology, which is set to go into mass production. The technology, developed by Hyundai Motor as a world first, coats more than 20 metals, including silver, into 10 very thin layers inside the glass. With this structure, the glass emits heat at 48 volts to quickly remove snow, frost, and moisture, and blocks 60% of solar energy in hot weather.