Introduction Of Ioniq 5 To Get Bigger 77kWh Battery In 2022
Ioniq 5 To Get Bigger 77kWh Battery In 2022. Hyundai ionic 5 battery sizes now if that topic doesn’t strike you like the most scintillating that’s fine this video might not be for you but fans of battery sizes are critical not only do they empower more range but they also have a relationship with the power and torque of the vehicle that’s usually symbiotic so.
The Ionic 5 Potentially Getting A Bigger Battery
The ionic 5 potentially getting a bigger battery means not just more range but potentially even more power down the track now why are we talking about this when the ionic 5 just launched in Australia ponch did his review of the long-range dual motor all-drive version of the car a few weeks ago well cars always get tech changes not just evs combustion vehicles petrol diesel running changes throughout.
The lifespan of a car is pretty normal that being said it’s quite early to be talking about a battery upgrade for the ionic five so where does this come from well essentially an internal Hyundai conference is mooted to have included an upgrade to the number of battery cells used in the ionic 5. so the egmp platform which is the dedicated electric vehicle architecture.
That underpins the Hyundai in 5 also the new Kia ev6 which hasn’t launched in Australia yet and the genesis gv60 GMP has 32 bays for essentially 2.4-kilowatt-hour battery packs modules if you like and for whatever reason when the ionic 5 long-range launched only 30 out of those 32 uh modules were used now.
The Amount Of Battery Space In Ionic 5
That isn’t the case for the Kia ev6 all 32 of them were occupied that vehicle has a 77.4-kilowatt-hour usable battery as a result but the ioniq 5 only got a 72.6-kilowatt-hour usable battery so that’s limiting range a little bit now what we’re hearing is that a decision has been made to add two extra modules and that’s going to boost the ionic 5 long-range battery to the full whack of 77.4-kilowatt-hours now.
It is being held out as 77.5-kilowatt hours by some outlets which may be the case there’s just a rounding difference between whether you get to 0.4 or 0.5 as we go down to the micro level in terms of the individual cells happening within these batteries but that’s effectively a 6.6 upgrade to the amount of battery space in ionic 5 that is usable and that does add up to a meaningful amount.
Some people may have been slightly underwhelmed when the new ionic 5 was released with long-range all-wheel drive variants getting a wltp range rating of between 430 and 462 kilometers so a 6.6 increase to the amount of usable battery space sees those numbers increase to 458 to 492 kilometers of range so we’re almost breaching.
The Ionic 5 Long-Range Rear-Wheel Drive
That 500 kilometers mark the golden 500k is for the oil drive however the ionic 5 long range also comes in rear drive in fact those are the two variants that you can buy here in australia the long range rear drive is 71 900 before honoring costs whereas the long range all drive is 75 900. now with the 72.6-kilowatt-hour battery.
The ionic 5 long-range rear-wheel drive is rated for 451 to 485 k’s however with the battery upgrade that would see the rear-wheel-drive version of the ironic 5 re-rated to around 480 to 517 kilometers of range and it’s just a real psychological thing isn’t it tipping over that 500k suddenly you just have that extra breathing space personally I sort of subscribing to the view.
That like 400k of the range is plenty but I get why you’d want to see that number starting with a 5 and this running change to the ionic 5 which we may see in Australia for 2023 I reckon would probably satisfy that psychological desire that isn’t the only thing that’s on the horizon for the ionic five because we’re also hearing.
A Lower-Cost Version Of The Ionic Five Essentially
That Hyundai Australia is planning to introduce a lower-cost version of the ionic five essentially for the launch of the car Hyundai Australia was only allocated 400 units and they decided to make the best of that so the 400 ionic fives the first 400 coming to Australia are all pretty fully loaded cars you can choose a rear-wheel-drive with 160 kilowatts of power or all-wheel drive with 225 kilowatts of power but.
What’s missing is the global standard range version of the car now like the long-range the standard range can be had overseas with either rear-wheel drive or oil drive if I was here in Australia I’d probably just target the rear-drive version of the standard range car that is a 58-kilowatt hour usable battery gives between 384 and 400 kilometers of range on with so.
Where would it be a price well probably around that 65 000 mark maybe even less now that the pop star 2 has been introduced to Australia under 60 grand for the standard range version of that car tesla model 3 is also under 60 grand we’re thinking that the model y suv is going to start around 65 so he and they naturally would want to have a version of the ionic playing at around 65 000 and that’s.
The Ionic 5 Likely To Get Slightly More Battery
Why I think for 2022 2023 here in Australia we will see a standard range 58-kilowatt hour version of the ionic five perhaps it will have slightly more battery space by the time we get there but certainly, you know 15 20 less than the long-range version of this car what else is happening well we have the Kia ev6 and genesis gv60 to look forward to two of the ironic fives cousins.
I guess it all kind of creates a bit of a question mark over the head of the kona electric though doesn’t it because at present the kona electric tops out at 64 grand for a highlander now in our pv challenge here at chasing cars we found the kona electric has incredibly reliable wltp range ratings and at the moment it’s rated for over 480 k’s so while it doesn’t have the appeal of the ionic 5.
It has range where it counts and it’s also a fair bit cheaper will that car continue in australia will it be repriced under 60 grand as a highlander we’ll have to wait and see anyway that’s what’s happening with the ionic 5 likely to get slightly more battery space for 2023 here in australia with this running change nothing’s confirmed yet but it’s certainly looking that this will be the case keen to know your view have you bought an ioniq 5.
