Hyundai Motor Group Tops Out KRW 1.2 Trillion Battery R&D Hub in S Korea

Hyundai Motor Group has conducted a topping-out ceremony for its Future Mobility Battery Campus located in Anseong, South Korea. Hosted within Anseong’s Fifth General Industrial Complex, the gathering highlighted consistent building advancements from the January 2025 groundbreaking while reinforcing the Group's strategy to dominate future mobility via cutting-edge battery R&D facilities. 

This KRW 1.2 trillion project covers roughly 197,000 sqm of land and 111,000 sqm of floor space, with full operations slated by late 2026.

“Through the Future Mobility Battery Campus, we aim to seamlessly connect the entire battery ecosystem to foster cross-industry collaboration and accelerate technological advancement. We are committed to strengthening Hyundai Motor Group’s EV battery competitiveness and advancing global electrification through strategic collaborations.” - Heui Won Yang, President and Head of the R&D Division at Hyundai Motor Group.

Core Significance for EV Advancement

Acting as the Group's inaugural all-encompassing battery R&D centre, the Future Mobility Battery Campus empowers Hyundai to master essential battery functions like cell architecture, manufacturing processes, and EV-integrated control mechanisms.

It facilitates unified R&D spanning design, fabrication, and deployment phases to uphold quality, safety, and incorporation into vehicles, alongside rigorous testing of innovative solutions in precise, vehicle-mimicking scenarios, the official statement noted.

Elevating Research and Validation Processes

Previously, Hyundai Motor Group pursued cutting-edge work on battery components, cell layouts, and production methods at its Namyang and Uiwang R&D sites in Korea. 

These centres emphasise preliminary design and single-unit testing, but the new Anseong facility advances this by conducting ongoing process assessments. 

The campus prioritises high-precision validation through replication of battery cell manufacturing - including electrode formation, assembly, and activation - in production-like settings with state-of-the-art tools, plus a unified platform for repeated checks on safety, standards, and expansion potential, and full-cycle assessments from cells to modules, packs, and vehicle systems. 

Extending past EVs, the facility prepares Hyundai for robotics, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and emerging transport domains. At the ceremony, the Group formalised an MOU with Gyeonggi Province, Anseong City, and Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Development Corporation to cultivate a thriving battery sector hub and draw supporting enterprises.