Start with what the Hyundai ST1 is: a 2-door pickup truck / cab chassis / 4-door van, built from 2024, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Joon Seo.
The story
The Hyundai ST1 is a battery electric light commercial vehicle manufactured by Hyundai since 2024. Described by the company as a Purpose-Built Vehicle (PBV), the ST1 is built with a cabin and dashboard from the Staria, with a boxed rear body. ST1 stands for "Service Type 1".
What is underneath
the output is 160 kW. On the scales it comes to 2365–2510 kg. That is roughly 68 horsepower per tonne: unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 3500 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Hyundai line-up the Hyundai ST1 has a clear place: it replaced the Hyundai Libero; the factory was Ulsan (Ulsan Plant 4), South Korea. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Kia EV6, the Hongqi Tiangong 08, the BYD Seal 06 GT. Nearby in the Hyundai catalogue sit the Hyundai Accent WRC and the Hyundai Accent.