Hyundai Motor Group, dad or mum firm of luxurious model Genesis, did one thing in 2018 that caught the whole auto business’s consideration. The South Korean automaker managed to poach Dr. Albert Biermann, a 30-year veteran of BMW who later led its famed M high-performance division. He now serves as R&D director for Hyundai and its sister manufacturers, Kia and Genesis.

Due to Biermann, we now have the Hyundai Veloster N, the overseas-only i30 N, and several other extra efficiency tasks in varied phases of growth. He additionally performs a crucial function within the integration of recent and superior powertrain applied sciences, notably battery-electric and hydrogen gasoline cells. All types of attention-grabbing issues are occurring at Hyundai proper now, and Genesis can also be on the receiving finish.