Hyundai’s forthcoming three-row Ioniq 7 has been spied in visitors carrying body-hugging camouflage, giving us our clearest look but on the flagship electrical SUV.
As seen in pictures revealed on Korean web site Bobae Dream, the comparatively minimal quantity of camouflage in comparison with earlier check mules suggests the Ioniq 7 is sort of on the finish of its testing regime.
The Ioniq 7 is ready to go on sale in Australia in the course of the second half of 2024.
Predictably, the minimal camouflage on the spied Ioniq 7 reveals a continuation of Hyundai’s two-tiered lighting design language, which pairs a horizontal daytime working mild with vertical headlights.
The remainder of the entrance of the car seems fairly squared-off, particularly in comparison with the Kia EV9 behind it; the 2 massive SUVs share their e-GMP underpinnings.
As with the 2021 Seven idea, which previewed the Ioniq 7, the manufacturing car’s belt line rises sharply aft of the B-pillar.
The rear represents the biggest departure from the idea as, just like the transition from the Prophecy idea to the Ioniq 6 manufacturing car, there’s been a big redesign of the rear.
As a substitute of a totally glass tailgate lined with pixel-like LED lighting parts, there’s a extra typical tailgate and tail mild setup.
A curved LED strip runs throughout the highest of the rear window and flows into bigger vertical tail lights.
With a 3200mm wheelbase, Hyundai says the inside of the Seven idea presents a “utterly new dimension of area” with a tall roof and a flat ground.
Earlier spy pictures have proven the seats and door trims are similar to these already supplied within the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 EVs.
As talked about, the Ioniq 7 will share the E-GMP devoted electrical car (EV) platform with not solely the Kia EV9, but additionally autos just like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6.
Whereas the Seven idea had “greater than 480km” of vary, drivetrain specs stay undisclosed, however we will look to the EV9 for clues.
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The bottom rear-wheel drive EV9 Air incorporates a single-motor drivetrain, with a 160kW/350Nm energy unit on the rear axle. The claimed 0-100km/h time is 8.2 seconds, whereas there’s a 76.1kWh lithium-ion battery offering a WLTP vary of 443km.
Each the Earth and GT-Line get a dual-motor all-wheel drive drivetrain, with 141kW/350Nm electrical motors mounted to every axle – system outputs are 283kW/700Nm. These AWD fashions rating a Lengthy Vary battery with 99.8kWh of capability granting them WLTP vary of 512km.
All EV9s function an 800V electrical system.
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Quoted acceleration occasions differ barely for the AWD fashions, with the Earth claiming 6.0 seconds and the GT-Line chopping that to five.3 seconds.
Costs begin from $97,000 earlier than on-road prices and stretch to $121,000 plus on-road prices for the Kia EV9. Subsequently we will count on to see pricing for the Ioniq 7 to be in the identical ballpark.
Hyundai is projecting 6000 gross sales of its Ioniq-branded electrical autos for 2024, up from 3000 in 2023.
The Ioniq 7 may also type a part of Hyundai Australia’s plans to supply an electrified possibility in all of its SUV segments by the tip of subsequent yr, becoming a member of the Santa Fe Hybrid within the massive SUV section.
