Tesla has loved a giant head-start within the EV house over its rivals. Nevertheless, with the launch of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, it seems that Elon Musk’s firm now has a critical challenger in its fingers.

Whereas the Ioniq 5 is steadily in contrast with the Tesla Mannequin 3, it’s fairly a bit bigger than it and is finest thought-about as a competitor for the Mannequin Y SUV. Carwow is the most recent publication to place the brand new Hyundai via its paces and appear very impressed with what they discovered.

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British clients should purchase the Ioniq 5 in a handful of various guises. Entry-level fashions function a single 167 hp electrical motor on the rear axle that’s coupled to a 58 kWh battery pack. A rear-wheel-drive mannequin with a 73 kWh battery pack and a 214 hp motor can also be obtainable. Flagship fashions pair the 73 kWh battery pack with twin electrical motors, leading to a complete of 302 hp, permitting the automotive to hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in a claimed 5.2 seconds.

Carwow examined out the automotive’s acceleration, regardless that it hasn’t been designed as an outright efficiency automotive fairly just like the Tesla Mannequin Y Efficiency. Nonetheless, it was in a position to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) in a really spectacular 4.79 seconds, a contact faster than Hyundai claims.

Stable straight-line efficiency isn’t all of the Ioniq 5 has going for it. Mat Watson notes that the journey high quality is superb and the automotive is good and cozy to drive. He’s additionally impressed with the turning circle and all of the nifty options discovered within the cabin.