Hyundai’s three-row electrical SUV will arrive in 2024
The electrical three-row SUV will possible be known as the Ioniq 9
Inside packaging, vary, and powertrain outputs may examine to the Kia EV9
Hyundai will unveil an electrical three-row crossover SUV later this yr, the automaker has confirmed.
The unnamed three-row crossover will debut as a 2025 mannequin. It was listed in a Hyundai press launch detailing adjustments for that mannequin yr, with no further particulars aside from a promise of a “world premiere later in 2024.”
This bigger crossover has been teased for a while. It was introduced together with the Ioniq EV sub-brand in 2020, after which previewed by the Hyundai Seven idea first seen on the 2021 Los Angeles auto present.
Hyundai Seven idea
The Seven idea’s nomenclature indicated the manufacturing mannequin (which was noticed testing earlier this yr) could be known as the Hyundai Ioniq 7, which might additionally make sense contemplating that this crossover shall be positioned above the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 within the lineup. However a variety of experiences from Korea point out it would possible be named Ioniq 9, syncing it with the Kia EV9 it would share some specs with.
If the Hyundai crossover hews carefully to the EV9, it could be provided with a 76.1-kwh battery pack and single-motor, rear-wheel-drive powertrain in base type, with a 99.8-kwh battery pack and rear-wheel drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive accessible. The EV9 is rated at a most 304 miles of EPA vary with the bigger pack and single-motor powertrain.
Hyundai Seven idea
In the meantime, Hyundai’s Genesis luxurious model is planning its personal “super-large GV90,” previewed by the Genesis Neolun idea unveiled forward of the 2024 New York auto present. It is anticipated to reach in 2026.
The GV90 will reportedly be inbuilt South Korea, whereas EV9 manufacturing for the U.S. not too long ago started shifting to that model’s West Level, Georgia, manufacturing unit. Hyundai has its personal Georgia EV “Metaplant” that may initially construct the Ioniq 5, however Hyundai can even need to make room for the three-row mannequin to be able to make it tax-credit eligible.