Hyundai Motor UK has introduced pricing and specification for the IONIQ 5 N, with the order books now open, N model’s first excessive efficiency electrical car might be accessible from £65,000. Since IONIQ 5’s launch in 2021, the mannequin has loved reward from trade and prospects alike for its mixture of favor and practicality mixed with the effectivity and high-speed charging capability of its 800V E-GMP structure. The IONIQ 5 household now grows additional with the introduction of the IONIQ 5 N.
IONIQ 5 N represents the N model’s future and a brand new approach for high-performance fanatics to affect their ardour for driving on highway and monitor. With DNA from the model’s driver-focused N fashions, the E-GMP-based IONIQ 5 offers the right basis to create N’s first high-performance EV. In addition to demonstrating efficiency and dealing with according to N’s conventional core values, IONIQ 5 N can also be the primary excessive efficiency EV to offer the fanatic driver with an emotional, aural, and sensory connection to the car.
The conversion from a number of award profitable zero emission SUV into EV hyper hatch begins with enhancements to the body-in-white (BIW) construction with 42 extra welding factors and a pair of.1 meters of extra adhesives, bolstered motor and battery mountings while entrance and rear subframes are enhanced for lateral rigidity. To boost steering response and suggestions, IONIQ 5 N’s steering column has been strengthened for improved rigidity with a specifically tuned N R-MDPS (Rack-Mounted Motor-Pushed Energy Steering) system with a better steering ratio and enhanced torque suggestions. IONIQ 5 N additionally advantages from Digital Managed Suspension (ECS) that adapts suspension stiffness in line with the drive mode to enhance rear wheel damping and suspension, securing an agile and instant response. To extend axle stiffness, Built-in Drive Axles are used entrance and rear.
In addition to bodily enhancements to the physique, suspension and drivetrain, IONIQ 5 N additionally takes benefit of the array of refined digital management expertise discovered within the E-GMP platform.
N Pedal – an clever software program operate designed to offer instantaneous turn-in behaviour and enhanced throttle sensitivity. Drawing on related expertise used on IONIQ 5’s i-Pedal’s regenerative braking system, N Pedal prioritizes quick and exhilarating cornering over vitality effectivity. By using decelerative drive, an aggressive weight switch is created, leading to sharper nook entry.
N Drift Optimizer – this helps to take care of drift angles by balancing a number of car controls responding to real-time inputs. An built-in Torque Kick Drift operate permits the driving force to simulate the clutch kick motion of rear-wheel-driven ICE autos for extra instant drift initiation.
N Torque Distribution – totally variable entrance and rear torque distribution that may be adjusted to 11 ranges. The e-LSD (digital restricted slip differential) on the rear axle optimizes cornering efficiency and management. Further wheel sensors and broader damping capability with elevated damper dimension widens the efficiency vary of the electronically managed suspension.
Many efficiency fanatics have been outspoken in regards to the lack of driver suggestions behind the wheel of EVs and to counter this, IONIQ 5 N affords two capabilities to have interaction fanatics: N e-shift and N Lively Sound+. Each modes work collectively to ship a extra partaking bodily and aural expertise behind the wheel.
N e-shift simulates the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission of inside combustion engine N automobiles, simulating gearshifts by controlling motor torque output and mimicking the jolt feeling between shifts, offering a exact, interactive driving expertise that feels nearer to ICEs than earlier EVs. N e-shift permits the driving force to manage the simulated gearshifts with the steering column paddles normally used to manage regenerative braking.
N Lively Sound+ is paired with N e-shift to boost the driving expertise of EVs by making a extra partaking and thrilling sensory expertise for the driving force. It incorporates a 10-speaker system (eight inside, two exterior) that provides three distinct sound themes. The ‘Ignition’ theme simulates the sound of the i30 and KONA N’s 2.0T engines and ‘Evolution’ offers a signature high-performance sound impressed by the RN22e, the E-GMP primarily based Rolling Lab idea. The ‘Supersonic’ theme is a novel idea impressed by twin-engine fighter jets, that includes variable quantity throughout cornering. The target of N Lively Sound+ is to offer drivers with an acoustic reference to gauge the facility being utilized.
IONIQ 5 N additionally options a number of technical enhancements over the usual IONIQ 5, with a powertrain enhanced for efficiency in each energy output, battery cooling and braking. IONIQ 5 N’s electrical motors spin as much as 21,000 RPM offering as much as 609PS in regular circumstances, or 650 PS when N Grin Increase (NGB) is engaged, maximising acceleration for as much as 10 seconds. Furthering its monitor capabilities, IONIQ 5 N additionally options N Launch Management, with three totally different traction ranges for the quickest potential begin.
IONIQ 5 N fastidiously controls warmth induced energy degradation with an enhanced battery thermal administration system comprising of an elevated cooling space from unbiased radiators for the battery and motor, revised motor oil cooler and battery chiller. The driving force can even make the most of N Battery Pre-conditioning to optimize the battery cells to essentially the most power-efficient temperature by selecting between ‘Drag’ mode for a brief burst of full energy or ‘Observe’ mode that optimizes the bottom potential battery temperature for extra laps. Observe SOC (state-of-charge) routinely calculates battery consumption per lap.
The N Race function of IONIQ 5 N additional optimizes the EV’s endurance on the circuit, giving drivers extra direct management over the automobile’s vitality utilization and create a perfect efficiency window to attain their driving efficiency targets. With N Race, drivers are given the strategic option to prioritise ‘Endurance’ or ‘Dash’ modes. ‘Endurance’ maximizes vary on the racetrack by limiting the height energy, which ends up in a slower build-up of battery temperature, while ‘Dash’ prioritizes energy and offers shorter bursts of full vitality.
IONIQ 5 N boasts N-tuned brakes, which characterize Hyundai’s strongest braking system but. It options 400-mm diameter ventilated entrance discs with four-piston monobloc callipers and 360-mm rear discs. These brakes are constructed with new light-weight supplies and optimized airflow for improved cooling effectivity. As well as, the regenerative braking system usually used for enhanced effectivity has been reinterpreted in IONIQ 5 N to boost braking efficiency. It serves as the first supply of brake drive, whereas the mechanical brakes complement extra braking drive when required, guaranteeing enhanced endurance on the monitor.
Designed to cope with the tough braking calls for of monitor driving, Hyundai N engineers designed N Brake Regen, an N-specific area braking system. It affords as much as a most of 0.6G decelerative drive — an trade main determine — by way of N Brake Regen alone and stays engaged below ABS activation with a most of 0.2G. The danger of brake fade because of the EV’s relative heaviness is minimized by maximizing regen braking energy, which ends up in decrease brake drive utilized to the mechanical brakes, leading to decrease friction brake temperatures.
IONIQ 5 N can also be the most recent mannequin to obtain the up to date CCnC Navigation system, that includes quicker processing, new graphical interfaces and an N devoted display screen for N buyer mode settings and knowledge logging. IONIQ 5 N can also be the primary IONIQ mannequin to function wi-fi Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto™. Shared with IONIQ 5 Final and Namsan fashions, IONIQ 5 N is supplied as customary with a Head Up Show (HUD) with Augmented Actuality (AR) however with a bespoke N devoted structure. Additionally shared with the excessive finish IONIQ 5 fashions is a excessive degree of ordinary consolation and security tools comparable to heated and ventilated entrance seats, heated steering wheel, Freeway Driving Help 2 (HDA 2) and the most recent suite of ADAS options comparable to Encompass View Monitor (SVM) Blind Spot Monitor (BSM) and Distant Good Parking Help 2 (RSPA 2).
Like the usual IONIQ 5, the N variant is constructed on the 800V Electrical World Modular Platform, providing ultra-fast charging compatibility and Hyundai’s pioneering Car-to-Load expertise (V2L). Equally, sustainable supplies are utilized all through IONIQ 5 N, together with recyclable paperette door ornamental garnish, BIO PET yarn from sugarcane, recycled PET yarn from recycled PET bottles, BIO TPO from sugarcane and eco processed leather-based. IONIQ 5 N additionally provides recycled tire pigment paint and recycled poly Alcantara seat cowl material.