Hyundai has formally debuted its Ioniq 9 prematurely of the LA Auto Present, with an idea car-like inside that allows you to swivel the 2nd row seats and switch your automotive right into a front room.
We’ve been listening to in regards to the Ioniq 9 for a while now, and the time has lastly come for its launch.
In an occasion prematurely of the LA Auto Present, beginning this Friday and with a media preview day tomorrow (which Electrek shall be in attendance for), Hyundai confirmed off the Ioniq 9 which can formally be unveiled on the Auto Present (you possibly can watch by way of livestream) on the morning of Nov twenty first.
The automotive is what we anticipated – a big, 3-row SUV, very similar to the EV9, the Ioniq 9’s cousin that’s constructed on the identical platform by Hyundai’s sister firm, Kia.
But it surely additionally has some options we didn’t count on – like a bit extra readability on that “lounge-like” inside we heard about, which seems to not simply be advertising fluff in any respect. It truly is like a lounge, full with la-z-boy type footrests and swiveling seats so you possibly can face your folks. Extra on that in a bit.
The Ioniq 9 comes with a maybe excessively-large 110.3kWh battery (that additional 300Wh makes an enormous distinction), providing as much as 335 miles of vary on the Lengthy-Vary RWD mannequin with 19-inch wheels. 20- and 21-inch wheels are additionally out there, we think about with decrease ranges.
The massive battery will retain the E-GMP platform’s glorious DC charging efficiency, with the flexibility to cost from 10-80% in 24 minutes, assuming you’re related to a succesful charger (Hyundai says 350kW “beneath optimum situations”).
The Lengthy-Vary mannequin can have a 160kW (215hp) rear motor, and a further 70kW (94hp) entrance motor if you happen to get the AWD mannequin. Efficiency AWD shall be out there with 160kW motors on each axles.
The lengthy vary RWD mannequin will do 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in 9.4 seconds, AWD in 6.7 seconds, and Efficiency AWD in 5.2 seconds (or, if you happen to choose 0-60, the Efficiency mannequin can do it in 4.9).
The car is giant, as you’d count on out of a 3-row SUV, at 5,060mm (199.2in) lengthy, 1,980mm (78in) broad and 1,790mm (70.5in) excessive. That is 2 inches longer than its sister automotive the EV9, and 1 inch much less lengthy than the Rivian R1S.
Exterior design retains a number of the design language of the (glorious) Ioniq 5, however bigger and extra rounded-off. Particularly, it retains a number of the dot-matrix/pixel aesthetic of the lights.
I’ve to say I don’t love the roundedness of it – the design of the Ioniq 5 feels extraordinarily in line with lots of straight traces all through, whereas the rounded hood and prolonged rear finish of the 9 spoil that consistency to some extent (and talking of the rear… it virtually appears a bit hearse-like, to me).
By the way, with the Ioniq 5 and EV6, one is extra boxy and the opposite is extra rounded – and the identical factor has occurred with the Ioniq 9 and EV9, solely in reverse. The Ioniq 9 is extra rounded and the EV9 is extra boxy. So, as soon as once more, these two comparable automobiles have differentiated themselves sufficient that we count on the market shall be cut up, with many purchasers liking one and disliking the opposite, that means little cannibalization between the 2.
The inside appears extremely spacious, although thus far we haven’t had an opportunity to expertise it ourselves. Most 3-row SUVs on this dimension class do have considerably cramped third rows, so we’re curious if Hyundai has managed to do some kind of magic in that respect.
And along with rear and frunk storage (with a frunk able to holding 88L in RWD and 52L in AWD fashions), the middle console gives a considerable amount of storage inside (18.2L, cut up between an higher and decrease tray), and will be slid backwards and forwards to permit simpler motion between entrance or rear seats.
And talking of magic, Hyundai has truly completed one thing new right here – an inside with swiveling center seats, to show the automotive right into a lounge.
We’ve seen comparable interiors on numerous idea vehicles, however understandably they by no means make it to manufacturing. It’s positively an attention-grabbing function, however who actually makes use of their automobiles like that?
Effectively, Hyundai thinks that folks will, so it’s provided swiveling 2nd-row seats to permit for this. Nonetheless, it says that these seats shall be out there “in chosen markets solely,” and it has declined to say precisely which markets these are but. We additionally think about it will solely apply to the 6-seat configuration, relatively than 7-seat.
The seats don’t simply swivel although, additionally they recline and have a leg relaxation. Hyundai is looking these its “Rest Seats,” and the primary and second row seats will each be able to this feat. It says this shall be significantly helpful for individuals who need to get comfy throughout car charging (although, on an optimum 350kW charger, 24 minutes is hardly a lot time for a nap).
And that charging shall be achieved by way of a NACS port – making this, we expect, the primary non-Tesla car to debut and be bought with solely a NACS port at any time within the mannequin’s existence. Different E-GMP automobiles are switching over to NACS, however the Ioniq 5 for instance has been out for a few years now, so there are many CCS Ioniq 5s on the market, however that received’t be the case for the Ioniq 9.
Like different E-GMP automobiles, it will likely be in a position to discharge the battery by way of vehicle-to-load (V2L) to energy gadgets, although we didn’t get readability on how a lot whole output it should have. Different E-GMP vehicles often high out round 1.8kW, so sufficient to run some common retailers, however not sufficient to energy a home.
The Hyundai Ioniq 9 shall be out there in Korea and the US within the first half of 2025, after which will come to Europe and different markets later. The US model shall be constructed at Hyundai’s plant in Georgia – one other instance of a automotive delivered to the US by the home sourcing provisions of President Biden’s EV push (and which could possibly be put into Jeopardy if Dumb & Dumber get their method in making an attempt to kill this boon for US manufacturing).
We don’t have pricing or all tech specs but, so keep tuned as there’s nonetheless extra to return.
Additionally, you possibly can watch the official debut livestream over at Hyundai’s web site, beginning at 9:10am PST November twenty first. And Electrek shall be on the LA Auto Present to ask round and see if we will get any lingering questions answered.
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