Video Summary
The Hyundai Ioniq 9 is a bold attempt at an electric family car and an SUV/estate car that seats seven. It looks like it has been designed by someone who has been playing too much Minecraft.- It drives 385 miles on a single charge.
- It shares a platform with the Kia EV9.
- It shares the same size as the Kia EV9, just a smidge taller.
- It is bigger than the seven-seat Peugeot E5008.
- The design's giveaway that it is a Hyundai is the pixels that are everywhere. The perfect pixel is a letter in the Korean alphabet.
- The shape is streamlined and sleeker than the Kia EV9. The sloping roofline makes it more aerodynamic, making it more efficient which means more miles per charge.
Nineteen-inch wheels are standard, and twenty or twenty-one-inch are options.
- The 21-inch come with spokes that have been inspired by the turbo of an aircraft.
All models have a 110-kilowatt battery and a choice of single or dual motors.
- It has a heat pump as standard.
- Manually selectable battery conditioning is a great feature.
- Vehicle to Load (V2L) allows the car to be used as a mobile battery.
The battery is Hyundai's largest, giving a range of 385 miles in the single motor version and 350 miles in the dual motor version.
- Top charging speed of 233 kilowatts. The driver can get from 10-80% in 24 minutes on the appropriate charger.
- AC Charging is capped at 11 kilowatts. 22 kilowatts would have been preferred to take advantage of lamppost charging points.
Inside, it is a very nice place to be, is very Ionic but robust and serene. Double digital displays are included. It has display screens for the wing mirrors, which I am not a fan of. The small lights on the steering wheel relate to the state of charge.
- A steering wheel with pixels show the state of charge.
- Six to seven seats can be chosen, but with captain chairs it gets six seats.
Design, a design fault: I can't think of what it is missing. At start at £64930.00. The six-seat calligraphy model has a price of £78530.00. Finance isn't out yet.
On the road, its nimble. For something of this size, the ride doesn’t feel as bulky as it looks. Squeezing it into parking spaces, however, is an Olympic sport.
