HYUNDAI Motor Firm (HMC) has launched a picture that previews its forthcoming Ioniq 6.
The car, which would be the second all-electric mannequin within the South Korean model’s Ioniq vary, is proven in a single design idea sketch as a streamlined and low-slung coupe-sedan. Hyundai says the ‘6 incorporates cues from its Prophecy idea EV.
With clear, easy traces and a purely aerodynamic kind, the styling of the “Electrified Streamliner” is claimed to mirror Hyundai designers’ “dedication to fulfill each aesthetic and useful wants of shoppers within the electrical mobility period”.
The Ioniq 6 is predicated on HMC’s Electrical International Modular Platform (E-GMP) – the all-electric structure that additionally underpins the Ioniq 5, Kia EV6 and Genesis GV60. Not solely does it allow the brand new mannequin’s stretched wheelbase; it facilitates its “optimised inside design”.
The E-GMP platform additional permits Hyundai the chance to current its Ioniq 6 in two- and all-wheel-drive configurations and may facilitate a wheelbase in extra of 3000mm. The powertrain, which is paired to the devoted scalable electrical platform, utilises 800V know-how and lithium-ion battery packs designed to help 200kW fast-charging.
“The E-GMP – the Electrical Modular Platform – opens up a brand new period for Hyundai Motor Group, pioneering the event of electrical automobiles (EVs),” HMC mentioned in a press release.
“This devoted platform is made particularly for EVs. It contains the chassis of the car, together with the battery, motor and energy electrical system, and its scalable wheelbase permits it to kind the spine of many various kinds of automobiles.”
Based mostly on different examples of Hyundai and Kia BEVs that utilise the E-GMP structure, the Ioniq 6 might supply a driving vary in extra of 500km (WLTP), a battery pack of as much as 77.4kWh capability, a complete system output exceeding 430kW/740Nm and a 0-100km/h time of round 3.5 seconds.
Hyundai’s 2020 Prophecy idea indicated the longer term design path for the model, whereas demonstrating the pliability and packaging capabilities of the E-GMP.
It additionally previewed numerous applied sciences that could be realised within the Ioniq 6, reminiscent of built-in pixel-lamp head- and tail-lights, useful aerodynamic components – together with battery and cabin intakes and exhausts – and a cabin that creates a “life-style house of consolation and refinement”.
Not the entire Prophecy idea’s applied sciences are more likely to attain manufacturing, nonetheless. As a result of it was designed to function with high-level autonomous driving capabilities, the idea mannequin featured a pair of joysticks rather than the normal steering wheel!
It additionally supplied a full-width digital dashboard just like Mercedes-Benz’s latest-generation “Hyperscreen” MBUX system, which can or might not debut within the Ioniq 6.
Hyundai says it’s going to launch additional photographs and knowledge pertaining to the Ioniq 6 over the approaching week.
GoAuto understands that the Ioniq 6 is scheduled for market introduction subsequent 12 months. After that, Hyundai will launch the Ioniq 7 seven-seat SUV.
