The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N makes one of the coolest EVs ready for the track

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is getting even more powerful. Hyundai has unveiled a new variant of the now-loved EV, giving it the classic N treatment — and making for the new Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. If you’re familiar with Hyundai’s N cars, you’ll know what this variant means.

The new car boasts racing-style accents, turns the pixel design up to eleven, and, as you would expect, offers a new powertrain and a range of performance-focused features that will make driving the new Ioniq 5 N a whole lot more fun. Recommended Videos IONIQ 5 N was developed to take driving fun to a new level by utilizing the latest technologies available,” said Till Wartenberg, vice president and head of N Brand and Motorsport at Hyundai Motor Company. “Starting with IONIQ 5 N, N brand aims to deliver its signature fun driving experience regardless of petrol, electric or hydrogen.

To accomplish this, we’ve closely monitored the voices of our N fans in order to fine-tune our first all-electric N with the goal of electrifying the driving passion of our most demanding N-thusiasts. ” Hyundai First, the styling. The car offers N branding throughout, including on the steering wheel, seats, and metal pedals.

The steering wheel itself has N buttons that allow drivers to shift between N drive modes, and the modes themselves can be customized to be more easily accessible through the N buttons on the wheel. The center console is built with knee pads for more comfortable track driving and cornering. Related I’m glad the Hyundai Ioniq 6 isn’t just a smaller Ioniq 5 Watch Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 EV perform a crab walk See inside Amazon’s new EV trucks, now making deliveries in Los Angeles Hyundai is quick to note that the car boasts a range of technical improvements over previous iterations of the Ioniq 5.

For example, the car offers a new 84kWh battery with a two-stage inverter that enables up to a whopping 641 horsepower — with the N Grin Boost, which delivers maximum power to the wheels for 10 seconds, engaged. Hyundai Hyundai typically bills its N cars as being built for the track. The car is reinforced in an effort to better support track driving, with 42 additional welding points, and 6.

9 feet of added structural adhesives. And, the steering system was strengthened in an effort to improve rigidity, helping improve overall steering response. According to Hyundai, the Ioniq 5 N offers a quicker steering ratio.

This should make for a more nuanced steering experience overall. Because of the fact that Hyundai had to counteract the weight of an electric car to deliver a sporty driving experience, it built the new N Pedal system, which adds an additional layer of regenerative braking that can help make for sharper cornering when coupled with more aggressive steering. Hyundai The Ioniq 5 N is built for drifting too.

It has a new N Drift Optimizer feature that is aimed at taking in the multiple inputs of the car and simulating the feel of drifting on a combustion engine car. According to Hyundai, the N Drift Optimizer reacts in milliseconds, so the feel of drifting the Ioniq 5 N should be more or less the same as other cars. While the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is clearly a cool car, it’s definitely not for most people.

The base Ioniq 5 certainly is one of the better EVs for most people — but most drivers that aren’t performance-minded should consider one of the entry-level models instead. Still, that’s not to take away from the Ioniq 5 N — and it’s nice to see that Hyundai is continuing the tradition with its electric cars. Editors’ Recommendations Big EVs are almost here: 7 upcoming electric SUVs we’re excited for Hyundai Ioniq 6 first drive review: welcome to the future Hyundai Ioniq 5 first drive review: Retro modern Additional driving range makes the Hyundai Ioniq Electric a more competitive EV Google Maps makes it easier to find EV charging stations via plug type.