Hyundai Unveils Long-Awaited Ioniq 5 Electric Car

Hyundai on Tuesday unveiled it is much-hyped Ioniq 5 electric hatchback at a great online event.

The Ioniq 5 will hit showrooms in April, while pre-orders get started on Thursday. It involves Europe later this season.

Hyundai hopes to challenge Tesla's global dominance in the electric car industry with the swaggering small crossover.

At 4.63 m prolonged, it is as big the small Tucson SUV, but the wheelbase measures 3 m, which is longer compared to the Palisade large SUV's, allowing for a roomy interior. It includes a high ceiling for added space.

Hyundai's proprietary E-GMP EV program eliminates the get shaft of normal autos and with it the lump separating the driver and passenger seats. The floor beneath the rear seats can be flat so the central console container can be moved backwards and forwards.

Lee Sang-yup, the top of design in Hyundai, said it ensured "not 1 cm of interior space was wasted."

The car comes into play two versions according to battery pack capacity. The long-range version includes a 72.6 kWh electric battery and can travelling between 410 and 430 km about the same fee and accelerate from zero to 100 km in 5.2 seconds. An 18-minute charge is enough to attain 80 percent capability, and it could travel up to 100 km on a five-minute charge.

The design is inspired by the Hyundai Pony, which hit showrooms in 1974 and became Korea's first mass-produced and exported car. The Ioniq 5 has no side-view mirrors but a camera and screens instead. The entranceway handle is concealed and pops out when touched by the main element.

The Ioniq 5's state-of-the-art driving-assist system automatically maintains distances with cars in front on highways and prevents collisions in different ways.