You would possibly assume a headline in regards to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 having one in all its finest U.S. gross sales months ever would possibly discuss with the up to date 2025 Ioniq 5, which is able to come from the manufacturing facility with a charging plug that may natively use the huge Tesla Supercharger community. You’d sadly be unsuitable; that automobile is not even out but. And that makes the month the Ioniq 5 simply had all of the extra spectacular.
Hyundai stories that in October, its sellers moved 4,498 examples of the retro-futuristic electrical crossover. That may make it one of the best October ever for the Ioniq 5, and the automobile’s second-best gross sales month ever because it hit the market in pressure in 2022. It is also up a complete 51% since October 2023—a formidable end result given how uneven EV gross sales have been this yr for a number of automakers.
Typically, nonetheless, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has had much more wins on the electrical (and more and more, hybrid) entrance than losses. As we reported final week, electrified automobile gross sales specifically helped Hyundai and its company cousin Kia to file October gross sales. Moreover the Ioniq 5, the Hyundai Tucson and Santa Fe hybrids noticed 140% year-over-year development, and for Kia, the Sportage, Carnival and EV6 all posted file October gross sales as properly. Not all fashions are created equal, nonetheless; the Ioniq 6 solely noticed 837 gross sales in October, down an unlucky 32% since final yr. Sedans are a troublesome promote lately; SUVs, much less so.
And the 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 continues to make a robust case for itself. Accessible in rear-wheel-drive or dual-motor all-wheel-drive, it may be had in a number of types, together with the essential 220-mile SE Customary Vary all the best way as much as the 303-mile RWD SEL and Restricted fashions. (Including AWD drops vary to a still-respectable 260 miles.) Packing an 800-volt electrical system, the Ioniq 5 is a charging monster too, able to going from 10% to 80% in a manufacturer-estimated 18 minutes on a DC quick charger with speeds of 250 kW or extra. Between efficiency, vary, charging and magnificence, it is a powerful bundle to beat.
Furthermore, we have seen some extraordinarily spectacular lease offers and reductions on the Ioniq 5, so make sure and do your homework in case you’re out there for one.
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However that bundle goes to get even higher quickly. The 2025 Ioniq 5 ought to be on sale quickly, and because it’s in-built Georgia, it is anticipated to qualify for EV tax credit at buy and never simply when leased, as most Ioniq 5s at present are. It should additionally come from the manufacturing facility with a Tesla-style North American Charging Customary (NACS) plug and entry to the Supercharger community. Present Ioniq 5s will be capable of do the identical quickly by way of an adapter, which ought to provide the identical degree of charging efficiency. And the 2025 Ioniq 5 may even get a extra rugged and off-road-focused XRT trim.
Hey, it is American now—it might as properly lean into the vibe.
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