Hyundai’s next EV will be the three-row Ioniq 9 — and its headed for the US

Hyundai’s adjacent electrical conveyance for the US volition beryllium the Ioniq 9, a beefy, three-row SUV that volition beryllium manufactured astatine the company’s mill successful Georgia, Hyundai executives announced during an capitalist time league this week.

It’s a motion that portion different automakers proceed to second-guess their EV investments amid slowing demand, the South Korean automaker is intent connected increasing its stock of the plug-in marketplace by introducing caller vehicles successful fashionable segments.

The Ioniq 9 volition beryllium based connected the Concept Seven, which was archetypal revealed successful 2021. At that time, Hyundai said the conception would beryllium built connected the automaker’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which besides underpins the Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6, Kia EV6, Kia EV9, and Genesis GV60.

The Ioniq 9 volition beryllium built astatine the aforesaid Ellabel, GA-based Metaplant wherever the institution soon volition commencement producing the Ioniq 5. (Assembling EVs successful the US, arsenic opposed to South Korea, volition assistance suffice for the national EV taxation recognition of $7,500.)

During the conference, Hyundai Motor President and CEO Jae Hoon Chang said a accumulation mentation of the Ioniq 9 volition beryllium shown disconnected astatine the Los Angeles Auto Show aboriginal this year, according to InsideEVs.

Hyundai besides said it would summation its stock of hybrids successful its lineup, successful an acknowledgement that US consumers these days are much inclined to bargain them implicit a afloat EV. Hyundai says the North American marketplace successful peculiar is facing a shortage of hybrids, which it aims to correct.

The Concept Seven was advertised arsenic susceptible of charging from 10 percent to 80 percent successful astir 20 minutes, with a scope of “over 300 miles.” But during the capitalist time event, Hyundai executives would research processing Extended Range Electric Vehicles, oregon EREVs, to supply adjacent much scope than that. Some EREVs, similar the BMW i3 and Chevy Volt, usage tiny state engines to recharge the artillery pack, but not run the motors.

Hyundai executives theorized being capable to nutrient EREVs with a scope of implicit 900 km, oregon 560 miles, erstwhile afloat charged, according to insideEVs.

The Seven was 1 of the biggest concepts we’ve seen from the South Korean automaker, with a wheelbase that stretches 10.5 feet, which is longer than the Cadillac Escalade. The extra-tall grille besides puts this conception firmly successful the “dangerously large” campy of vehicles that includes the Escalade and different oversized SUVs and trucks.