The Hyundai Ioniq 5 has been confirmed for a reveal in “early 2021”. Will probably be the primary of three EVs set to fall beneath the Korean automaker’s new, absolutely electrical sub-brand – Ioniq – within the subsequent 4 years. Every mannequin will use a numerical naming technique, just like Volkswagen’s ID line-up. Odd numbers might be used for SUVs and even numbers for sedans and different fashions.
- Ioniq 5 to be based mostly on the 45 Idea
- Automotive’s batteries may even be able to sending energy to the grid or residence
- Hyundai EV to function fast-charging functionality
Hyundai Ioniq 5: What’s new?
The 2021 Ioniq 5 might be a compact crossover based mostly on the novel Hyundai 45 Idea from final 12 months’s Frankfurt motor present. New particulars of the automobile confirmed by Hyundai embrace three ‘extras’ it should launch with. The primary is vehicle-to-load (V2L) expertise – bi-directional charging that enables house owners to make use of the automobile’s batteries to retailer power after which discharge it again to the nationwide grid, or the house, when it’s required throughout peak demand occasions.
The second is fast-charging functionality, though the Korean agency is but to element the precise charging speeds the automobile is able to. The third is the automobile’s “soon-to-be-announced array of options”.
The Ioniq 5 might be adopted in 2022 by the Ioniq 6 electrical sports activities sedan, which is able to take cues from the low-slung Hyundai Prophecy idea. A big, as but unseen SUV referred to as the Ioniq 7 will land in 2024.
The ultimate manufacturing designs of all three stay beneath wraps. Nevertheless, Hyundai has beforehand stated it plans for every to have a particular and totally different design, however they may all function pixel headlights, as seen on the 45 and Prophecy ideas.
Hyundai Ioniq 5: Technical particulars
Every of the upcoming EVs will sit atop the model’s all-new Electrical World Modular Platform (E-GMP), which is claimed to be able to quick charging and a protracted vary. With a protracted wheelbase and a flat ground, it additionally permits for every mannequin to have a spacious inside, which, Hyundai says, might be modelled on “good dwelling rooms”.
The corporate additionally says all Ioniq-branded fashions will supply enhanced connectivity options “to combine in-car and out-of-car experiences for a seamless journey”.
Hyundai EV technique
Notably, the Hyundai Ioniq EV, which we drove final 12 months, won’t kind a part of the brand new mannequin vary, suggesting it should both be renamed or changed completely.
By 2025, Hyundai intends to launch 16 new EVs to extend its annual EV gross sales to greater than half 1,000,000 – the equal of simply over 10 p.c of its whole gross sales in 2019. As a complete, the Hyundai Motor Group is aiming to realize a 5 p.c world automotive market share and transition to be a ‘good mobility resolution supplier’, slightly than purely a automobile producer.
Hyundai EV plans for India
Hyundai forayed into the EV house in India final 12 months with the Kona Electrical, which is at present priced at Rs 23.76-23.95 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The crossover contains a 136hp motor on the entrance axle and packs in a 39.2kWh battery pack which is able to delivering a claimed vary of 452km in supreme situations.
Hyundai has made no official announcement about its intentions of bringing the Ioniq sub-brand to India, nevertheless, a Hyundai mass-market EV for our market is beneath growth and is predicted to be launched within the subsequent two years.
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