2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Debuts For US With Estimated 340 Miles Of Vary

The Hyundai Ioniq 6 made its North American debut on the LA Auto Present at present. The automaker revealed the worldwide mannequin in July, highlighting a lot of its options. The US launch offers particular particulars in regards to the mannequin we’ll get right here.

The Hyundai Ioniq 6 seems an identical to the automotive the automaker debuted earlier this yr, however the North American mannequin has one tiny distinction. The automotive’s drag coefficient is 0.1 larger within the US as a result of the automotive’s digicam aspect mirrors, out there within the Korean home market, don’t meet present NHTSA requirements and are unavailable right here. The US-bound Ioniq 6 has a 0.22 drag coefficient.

The Ioniq 6 has out there two battery sizes – 53.0- and 77.4-kilowatt hours. The usual-range mannequin will get a single rear-mounted electrical motor that makes 149 horsepower (111 kilowatts) and 258 pound-feet (350 Nm) of torque. Hyundai presents the bigger battery in single-motor rear-wheel-drive, or dual-motor all-wheel-drive configurations. The RWD format makes 225 hp (168 kW) and the identical quantity of torque as the usual mannequin. The twin-motor EV cranks out 320 hp (239 kW) and 446 lb-ft (605 Nm) of torque.

Hyundai estimates that the single-motor mannequin with the bigger battery will obtain 340 miles of electrical driving vary. The twin-motor automotive ought to return 310 miles, however these aren’t the official EPA numbers. A 350-kilowatt quick charger permits the Ioniq 6 to recharge from 10 to 80 p.c in 18 minutes, but when house owners are in a rush, the charger can add about 65 miles of vary in 5 minutes. Recharging with a typical Degree 2 charger takes simply over seven hours.

Inside, the Hyundai E-World Modular Platform allowed designers to present the EV a very flat ground, resulting in an expansive-feeling cabin. The automaker even eliminated buttons from the door, slimming them down for extra passenger house. Two 12.3-inch digital screens sit on the sprint beneath a single piece of glass, serving because the gauge cluster and infotainment system.

Over-the-air updates can be found for the Ioniq 6, which is able to enable Hyundai to replace and enhance a wide range of automobile settings and options, akin to throttle response and steering sensitivity. The aptitude additionally lets the automaker tackle remembers and updates the multimedia software program. It’ll include Hyundai’s SmartSense superior driver help techniques.

The Ioniq 6 is simply the most recent battery-electric automobile from Hyundai. The automaker has plans to have 17 BEV fashions out there worldwide by 2030. The Ioniq 6 will be part of Hyundai’s US lineup subsequent spring. Consumers will obtain two years of limitless 30-minute charging periods from Electrify America. We gained’t have pricing info till nearer to the automotive’s on-sale date.

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