HYUNDAI has unveiled its 448kW all-electric sports activities automobile on the Goodwood Competition of Velocity representing what it says is the N model’s electrification future and “a brand new manner for high-performance fanatics to affect their ardour for driving on highway and monitor”.
The primary electrical N automobile carries the momentum of Hyundai’s sporting moniker into a brand new period, exhibiting not solely the strengths of its E-GMP platform, but in addition the excessive stage of expertise utilised to create a automobile able to delivering the identical efficiency and dealing with attributes recognised throughout its ICE-powered N vary.
Talking on the Ioniq 5 N, Hyundai Motor Firm president and CEO, Jaehoon Change, stated the mannequin is the primary of many to return, and one which spearheads the model’s aim of accelerating its total competitiveness within the electrified age.
“Hyundai N spearheads the technological management of Hyundai Motor Firm,” he stated.
“(The) N model’s successful mixture of technological know-how and motorsport expertise is pushing the boundaries of auto efficiency, which has most not too long ago resulted in Ioniq 5 N, a gamechanger for electrical excessive efficiency.
“Key developments round this automobile will additional strengthen the competitiveness of all Hyundai fashions going ahead. This is the reason N model exists.”
Leveraging classes from “rolling labs” together with the RM20e, RN22e and N Imaginative and prescient 74, the Ioniq 5 N makes use of motorsport-bred applied sciences to make sure it meets the N model’s three efficiency pillars: ‘Nook Rascal,’ ‘Racetrack Functionality’ and ‘On a regular basis Sportscar’.
“The Ioniq 5 N was developed to take driving enjoyable to a brand new stage by utilising the newest applied sciences out there,” defined Hyundai Motor Firm vice chairman and head of N model and motorsport, Until Wartenberg.
“To perform this, we’ve carefully monitored the voices of our N followers to be able to fine-tune our first all-electric N with the aim of electrifying the driving ardour of our most demanding N-thusiasts.”
In comparison with the by-product Ioniq 5, the body-in-white of the N-enhanced mannequin options 42 further welding factors and a few 2100mm of further adhesives. The motor and battery mounting are bolstered whereas entrance and rear subframes are enhanced for lateral rigidity.
The built-in drive axles impressed by Hyundai’s participation within the World Rally Championship are utilized each entrance and rear to endure stronger electrical motor torque whereas decreasing unsprung mass.
To reinforce steering response and suggestions, the Ioniq 5 N’s steering column has been strengthened for improved rigidity. Moreover, the automobile encompasses a specifically tuned N R-MDPS (Rack-Mounted Motor-Pushed Energy Steering) system with the next steering ratio and enhanced torque suggestions.
Hyundai says these enhancements “end in a extra direct and communicative steering expertise that may instill higher confidence in drivers”.
An clever software program operate dubbed N Pedal is alleged to assist “present immediate turn-in conduct and enhanced throttle sensitivity” by utilising the switch of weight to enhance nook entry traits.
The system could also be utilized in tandem with the N Drift Optimiser operate to assist keep the automobile’s drift angle – an built-in Torque Kick Drift operate permitting the motive force to simulate the clutch kick motion of rear-wheel-driven ICE automobiles for driving eventualities that “require extra instant drift initiation”.
Additional, N Torque Distribution offers “absolutely variable entrance and rear torque distribution that may be adjusted to 11 ranges”.
The e-LSD (digital restricted slip differential) on the rear axle optimises cornering efficiency and management, whereas further wheel sensors and “broader damping capability” widens the efficiency vary of the electronically managed suspension.
The powertrain of the Ioniq 5 N encompasses a 21,000rpm redline offering 478kW/770Nm with N Grin Enhance mode engaged. Hyundai says the added oomph comes from the usage of a extra environment friendly two-stage inverter that may higher utilise energy from the Ioniq 5 N’s new 84kWh battery.
Like most of the fashions in Hyundai’s ICE-powered N vary, the all-electric Ioniq 5 N provides N Grin Enhance mode and N Launch Management, and an EV-specific Monitor SOC (state-of-charge) mode that routinely calculates battery consumption per lap.
To additional enhance monitor efficiency – and extra particularly, battery efficiency, the Ioniq 5 N provides an enhanced thermal administration system with an elevated cooling space, higher motor oil cooler and battery chiller.
The unbiased radiators for the battery and motor are stated to maximise the Ioniq 5 N’s resistance to efficiency degradation earlier than and through intense monitor driving.
Earlier than driving, the motive force can utilise N battery pre-conditioning to optimise the battery cells to probably the most power-efficient temperature by selecting between ‘Drag’ mode for a brief burst of full energy or ‘Monitor’ mode that optimises the bottom potential battery temperature for extra laps.
An N Race function additional optimises the EV’s endurance on the circuit, giving drivers extra direct management over the automobile’s power utilization. It provides two “strategic” selections, Endurance or Dash, stated to “assist drivers precisely handle their power technique and create a really perfect efficiency window to attain their driving efficiency targets”.
The Ioniq 5 N rides on solid 21-inch aluminum wheels which might be shod with high-grip 275/35 Pirelli P-Zero tyres.
Stopping the Ioniq 5 N is probably the most highly effective braking system Hyundai has but supplied in a manufacturing automobile.
It combines 400mm entrance rotors with four-piston monobloc callipers and 360mm rear discs. The brakes are constructed from “new, light-weight supplies and features a regenerative system to behave not solely as a major braking pressure, however to additionally return cost to the mannequin’s battery.
The system can provide as much as 0.6G of decelerative pressure and stays engaged when the anti-lock braking system is in use. It additionally permits left-foot braking, making it superb for monitor use.
On prime of those practical methods, the Ioniq 5 N additionally consists of “feeling and emotional” applied sciences aimed toward bettering driver engagement. These embody N e-shift, which simulates the gear shift motion of an ICE-powered automobile, and N Lively Sound +, which delivers ICE-like exhaust sounds, replete with pops and crackles.
Visually, the Ioniq 5 N is characterised by “performance-enhancing design components, akin to contrasting black trim components and a wing-type rear spoiler, which emphasise the sporty features of the usual mannequin and maximize its circuit driving potential”.
It is usually decrease (-20mm), wider (+50mm) and longer (+80mm) than the by-product mannequin, and differentiated by a N Masks graphic fascia with practical mesh and air curtains to satisfy the mannequin’s further cooling calls for.
Additional, a lip spoiler runs throughout the decrease a part of the bumper to “emphasise the mannequin’s slow-slung stance and convey its efficiency intent”. On the rear, “the outstanding, N-only wing-type spoiler helps management airflow to help optimum aerodynamic efficiency”.
Inside, the mannequin options quite a few N-specific components, together with the steering wheel, seats, door scuff panels and metallic pedals.
The newly designed steering wheel prominently options the N emblem for the primary time, flanked by N buttons that set the specified drive mode, organized to go well with the motive force’s desire. Driving modes may be customised and matched to every button in varied mixtures to maximise the automobile’s efficiency.
The centre console is likewise optimised for monitor driving with knee pads and shin help, whereas the N seats have bolstered bolsters, and sit 20mm decrease than these of the usual mannequin.
Hyundai is about to supply extra particulars of the Ioniq 5 N, together with native specs and pricing, nearer to the mannequin’s launch later this 12 months.
