Hyundai Ioniq 5N
The new Hyundai Ioniq 5 N will use state-of-the-art battery technology. Keep reading and check out everything about this Hyundai model!
Top Gear UK had the opportunity to show the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N on a frozen lake in the Arctic Circle ahead of the electric crossover's confirmed public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in mid-July.
After ice dancing to test the new dedicated drift mode, the magazine's senior road test editor Ollie Kew chatted with Albert Biermann about the first N model without a combustion engine and also touched on performance electric cars in general .
The former head of BMW M and previously in charge of research and development at Hyundai Motor Group was asked why people should buy the Hyundai Ioniq 5N over the regular model. The executive technical adviser said the range penalty "won't be that big".
Albert Biermann went on to say that the speedy electric crossover will have a larger battery capacity without making the battery physically larger than the 77.4kWh package.
He mentioned that it will use "state of the art battery technology" and this will allow the Spicy N version to be only "slightly behind" the standard AWD model in terms of range. As a reminder, the EPA rated the 2022 Ioniq 5 AWD at 412 kilometers on a single charge. The RWD Long Range model is the most economical, with 488 kilometers.
Albert Biermann told Top Gear magazine that the EV horsepower wars are just getting started and will get "downright crazy" in the future. The Ioniq 5N is expected to make around 600 horsepower or slightly more than the 576-hp Kia EV6 GT. In the longer term, there will be a smaller zero-emission N model.
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Meanwhile, the soon-to-arrive Hyundai Ioniq 5 N gets a thicker steering wheel, N-specific seats and, yes, a rear wiper. Torque is expected to increase as well, with Ollie Kew saying around 816 Newton-meters at one point during the video. That would give it a decent advantage over the 740Nm you get in the EV6 GT.
There's no word on pricing, but it's certainly going to be at a hefty premium over a Hyundai Dual engine Ioniq 5 priced at $ 50,335 (R$254,639). Logic tells us it will likely be more expensive than the $ 62,925 Kia EV6 GT (R$318,331).
