HYUNDAI is placing its first high-performance all-electric mannequin – the Ioniq 5 N – to the take a look at at Germany’s famed Nürburgring Nordschleife forward of its world premiere subsequent month.
The South Korean agency has mixed learnings sought on the ‘Inexperienced Hell’ with these from its personal proving floor at Namyang since 2003, and says the pairing permits its N crew engineers to raised consider and develop the sturdiness and driving dynamics of its automobiles extra successfully and extra typically.
“The Nürburgring is the place each N mannequin is honed to the Nth diploma, so our first high-performance, all-electric N mannequin should additionally show itself right here,” stated Hyundai Motor Firm vice chairman and head of N model and motorsport, Until Wartenberg.
“The Ioniq 5 N simply accomplished its 10,000km sturdiness take a look at on the Nordschleife, which is a vital milestone that proves the car’s excessive endurance and racetrack functionality. And but, we simply started our second 10,000km take a look at to push Ioniq 5 N’s limits.”
Mr Wartenberg stated the method was in a position to extract most efficiency from the Ioniq 5 N, the EV mannequin’s warmth administration {hardware} and software program testing in extremis, leading to an enlarged N-specific cooling package deal combining an oil cooler and battery chiller, and new warmth administration methods comparable to N battery preconditioning and N race.
N battery preconditioning pre-sets the temperature of the battery cells to their most energy environment friendly temperature. The battery preconditioning operate is cut up into two modes: ‘Drag’ mode and ‘Observe’ mode to accompany totally different efficiency driving situations. In ‘Drag’ mode, the optimum temperature is ready for rapid use of most energy, whereas in ‘Observe’ mode, the bottom potential battery temperature is optimised for elevated variety of laps.
N Race offers drivers extra direct management on the automotive’s vitality utilization, prioritising ‘Dash’ or ‘Endurance’ driving. ‘Dash’ is the default state of Ioniq 5 N prioritising full energy on demand for the driving force. ‘Endurance’ is a setting that maximises the car’s vary on the racetrack. That is achieved by limiting sudden energy spikes that slows temperature build-up and will increase endurance.
The applied sciences be a part of heightened regenerative braking expertise – able to providing an industry-leading 0.6G decelerative power – that accompanies the hydraulic braking system with bigger 400mm entrance rotors.
Additional, Hyundai says it has labored to make sure the texture on the ‘wheel of the Ioniq 5 N mimics that of an ICE-powered car, providing N energetic sound + and N e-shift methods to simulate the character and energy supply of a petrol-powered mannequin.
N energetic sound + consists of a 10-speaker system (eight inside, two exterior) that gives three totally different sound themes accessible for drivers: Ignition, Evolution and Supersonic. Ignition simulates the two.0 turbo engine of ICE N automobiles full with pop and bang sound results whereas Evolution is a N signature digital sound impressed by the N 2025 Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo Idea and RN22e. Supersonic simulates a fighter jet to present the drivers the feeling of a fighter pilot. All sound choices are customisable for drivers to uniquely tailor to their desire.
N e-Shift works carefully with N energetic sound + to simulate the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT) of ICE N automobiles. N e-Shift simulates a gearshift by controlling motor torque output and simulates the jolt feeling between shifts. The objective is to permit drivers to seamlessly utilise driving methods honed with ICE automobiles for a extra immersive driving expertise that feels nearer to ICEs than EVs.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N will make its world debut on the Goodwood Competition of Pace from July 13 and can take to the well-known hill climb alongside the model’s hydrogen-powered N Imaginative and prescient 74.
Extra info on the Ioniq 5 N can be introduced nearer to the mannequin’s debut.
