Hyundai Santa Fe EREV confirmed with epic range

Hyundai has confirmed its first-ever Santa Fe EREV, an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV or REEV) that promises a combined driving range of almost 1000km (more than 600 miles) and the brand’s first use of the technology outside China.

The Korean car giant made the announcement at its 2026 CEO Investor Day, where president and CEO José Muñoz outlined a sweeping product plan.

Unlike a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), where the combustion engine can drive the wheels directly, an EREV uses its petrol engine purely as a generator to charge the battery – making it far closer to a pure EV in the way it drives.

Hyundai says the Santa Fe EREV will use dual electric motors and travel approximately 966km between stops, all while using a battery less than half the size of a typical EV thanks to a new generation of in-house battery cells.

Muñoz used the Investor Day stage to underline the breadth of Hyundai’s electrification push.

“We are bringing more than 100 new models to market by 2030 with multiple powertrain options and raising our operating margin above 9 per cent,” he said.

“Our fundamentals have never been stronger,” he added.

Full details of the Santa Fe EREV – including outputs, battery size and fuel consumption – are yet to be released, and Muñoz has so far only confirmed a North American launch in the first half of 2027, with production at Hyundai’s plant in the US state of Alabama.

Whether the model reaches Australia remains unclear.

It’s understood that EREV models are on radar for the Australian market, but which ones and when is unknown.

The Santa Fe is currently offered here with petrol, hybrid and plug-in hybrid power, depending on the market. Hyundai is also readying an EREV version of its wedge-shaped Ioniq V in China, but the Santa Fe is tipped to be the first global product to get the technology.

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