9 October 2020 - Hyundai Motorsport and the Veloster N ETCR will race as part of the PURE ETCR series next year, after joining the championship for the launch in the centre of Copenhagen.

The Veloster N ETCR was the highlight of the series’ event in the Danish city – which aims to be the world’s first carbon-neutral capital in the world. As the only car built to the series’ regulations running the Veloster N ETCR arrived at the presentation in front of the City Hall with lead test driver Augusto Farfus.

The showcase also saw Hyundai Motorsport formally commit to racing in the series when it begins in 2021. The announcement was the latest milestone for the Veloster N ETCR. Hyundai Motorsport’s engineers have consistently risen to meet the technical challenges presented by the team’s first electric powered race car. After beginning testing with a prototype design in September 2019 the team continued to develop the car throughout 2020 focusing first on specific components before shifting their attention to performance. Last month the Veloster N TCR became the first true ETCR car, following integration of the series’ battery kit at Williams Advanced Engineering last month.

The specially designed battery will provide the 500kw (680hp) of power necessary for the close, ultra-high-performance racing that will be part of each PURE ETCR weekend. Each ETCR car will also feature motors, inverters and gearbox from Magelec Propulsion and DC-DC converters manufactured by BrightLoop.

The focus of the project now turns to testing with this technology to both gain the necessary experience and extract the maximum performance from the entire car in order to compete for victory when racing begins next year.

Each PURE ETCR event will feature short, sharp knock-out Battle races with cars running flat out, with the fastest drivers progressing through to the Final with the winner crowned as the King – or Queen – of the weekend.