Now that electrical autos are a factor in Malaysia, we generally get the query – what’s the very best EV on sale right here right this moment? As with ICE-powered vehicles, there’s no simple technique to reply this. Whether or not or not a automobile is the best possible depends upon your priorities, preferences, utilization sample and naturally, funds.
Developing with a solution to ‘what’s the very best all-rounder?’ is barely simpler. This automobile must be well-balanced in what if affords, and have a value that’s good as well. Within the present Malaysian EV area, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is an effective contender to be the very best all-round electrical automobile.
On this video evaluation, Hafriz Shah places in 4 digits of kilometres to reply that query, and discover out the constructive and damaging elements of the Hyundai Ioniq 5. Sure, as a result of even an all-rounder that’s the reigning World Automobile of the Yr, World Electrical Automobile of the Yr and World Automobile Design of the Yr isn’t good. How so? Watch the video to seek out out.
Launched in March this 12 months, the Ioniq 5 is the second EV launched by Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) after the Kona Electrical. It is available in three variants – Lite, Plus and Max. The Lite comes with a 58 kWh lithium ion polymer battery and rear-wheel drive, and the Plus is a higher-spec model of the 58 kWh RWD automobile. The Max you see right here is the range-topper with a 72.6 kWh battery and dual-motor AWD.
The 58 kWh RWD vehicles have a 170 PS/350 Nm (125 kW) rear motor, good for 0-100 km/h in 8.5 seconds, whereas the Max will get a mixed 305 PS/605 Nm (225 kW) and a 0-100 km/h time of 5.2 seconds. WLTP vary on a full cost is 384 km for the 58 kWh automobile and 430 km for the two-tonne 72.6 kWh AWD. High pace is 185 km/h for each. There’s an i-Pedal perform for single-pedal brakeless driving.
As for charging, with a 350 kW DC quick charger, customers can juice the Ioniq 5’s battery from 10 to 80% in simply 18 minutes, and even simply 5 minutes of plugging in will be capable of web an additional 100 km of WLTP-rated vary. Though we don’t have such highly effective chargers but, it’s good to know that the Ioniq is able to sooner charging when the {hardware} arrives.
Present DC quick chargers comparable to these on the Shell Recharge community are rated at 180 kW. At 50 kW, Hyundai says that the Ioniq 5 will replenish from 10% to 80% in 47 minutes, so anticipate a lot shorter ready instances at 180 kW DC chargers, even when it’s shared with one other EV. Juicing up with a 11 kW residence AC charger takes 5 hours for the 58 kWh and barely greater than six hours for the larger battery. The Ioniq 5 has a CCS2 port.
Constructed on Hyundai’s devoted Electrical-World Modular Platform (E-GMP) for EVs (not shared with ICE vehicles, like within the Kona Electrical’s case), the Ioniq 5 helps each 400V and 800V charging infrastructure with out the necessity for extra elements or adapters (800V structure advantages defined within the video). The Ioniq 5 can play powerbank too, with vehicle-to-load (V2L) sockets beneath the rear seats that may provide as much as 3.6 kW to energy issues like electrical bicycles, scooters, tenting gear and even one other EV with a useless battery.
It’d seem like a daily Golf-sized hatch in footage, however the scale is way bigger. At 4,635 mm lengthy and 1,890 mm large, this crossover (Hyundai calls it so) is 430 mm longer and 90 mm wider than the Kona Electrical, a B-SUV, and the three-metre wheelbase is 400 mm lengthier than the Kona’s. In truth, that 3m wheelbase is longer than that of a Toyota Camry (2,825 mm) and Mercedes-Benz E-Class (2,939 mm), and 20-inch wheels look pure on this physique.
To see the quantity of area contained in the Ioniq 5 and all it’s nifty inside options – together with the Staria-style Premium Leisure Seats (driver and passenger) and photo voltaic roof (powers auxilaries) – try the video.
The Lite and Plus have all-black cabins, however if you happen to’re going for the Max, you possibly can select from full black or two-tone with darkish or gentle gray seats, as seen right here. The mannequin’s signature Gravity Gold Matte color is reserved for the Max, which may also be had in Capturing Star Gray Matte and a shiny Lucid Blue Pearl hue.
Present duty-free pricing for the Ioniq 5 is RM207,808 for the Lite, RM238,408 for the Plus and RM270,408 for the Max with the 72.6 kWh battery and dual-motor AWD. These are on-the-road excluding insurance coverage costs, with gross sales tax. Those that booked the EV earlier than July 1 locked in a value that was round 4% decrease. It’s an extra RM10k for the prolonged guarantee and repair package deal, and HSDM additionally sells two sorts of AC residence chargers, which you’ll need. Try our full launch report and the video evaluation above.
GALLERY: 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Max 72.6 kWh AWD in Malaysia
