Samsung SEV-III

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The Samsung SEV-III (also Samsung SEV-3 ) was a concept vehicle from the South Korean company Samsung Heavy Industries .

Around a year before Samsung Motors (now Renault Samsung Motors ) was founded, the Samsung SEV-III was presented to the press as the first South Korean electric car. The model was developed by the Korean Samsung subsidiary Samsung Heavy Industries .

The three-door station wagon, which, unlike its predecessors SEV-I (June 1993) and SEV-II (December 1993), was presented to the public, was based on an aluminum frame, had an output of 120 hp and a top speed of 130 km / h and a range of 180 km should have been possible. The equipment features included power steering, electric windows and air conditioning.

Nothing is known about series production.

Web links

  • Entry on AllCarIndex.com (English).
  • Entry on oldcar-korea.tistory.com with pictures (Korean).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Oles Gadacz: Samsung introduces its 1st Car an Electric. In: autonews.com. June 20, 1994, accessed June 14, 2018 .