Hyundai debuts Ioniq 9 with swiveling seats to show your 3-row SUV right into a lounge

Hyundai has formally debuted its Ioniq 9 upfront of the LA Auto Present, with an idea car-like inside that permits you to swivel the 2nd row seats and switch your automotive right into a front room.

We’ve been listening to concerning the Ioniq 9 for a while now, and the time has lastly come for its launch.

In an occasion upfront of the LA Auto Present, beginning this Friday and with a media preview day tomorrow (which Electrek might be in attendance for), Hyundai confirmed off the Ioniq 9 which can formally be unveiled on the Auto Present (you may watch through livestream) on the morning of Nov twenty first.

The automotive is what we anticipated – a big, 3-row SUV, very similar to the EV9, the Ioniq 9’s cousin that’s constructed on the identical platform by Hyundai’s sister firm, Kia.

But it surely additionally has some options we didn’t count on – like somewhat extra readability on that “lounge-like” inside we heard about, which seems to not simply be advertising and marketing fluff in any respect. It really is like a lounge, full with la-z-boy type footrests and swiveling seats so you may face your mates. Extra on that in a bit.

The Ioniq 9 comes with a maybe excessively-large 110.3kWh battery (that further 300Wh makes a giant distinction), providing as much as 335 miles of vary on the Lengthy-Vary RWD mannequin with 19-inch wheels. 20- and 21-inch wheels are additionally obtainable, we think about with decrease ranges.

The big battery will retain the E-GMP platform’s wonderful DC charging efficiency, with the flexibility to cost from 10-80% in 24 minutes, assuming you’re related to a succesful charger (Hyundai says 350kW “beneath optimum situations”).

The Lengthy-Vary mannequin could have a 160kW (215hp) rear motor, and an extra 70kW (94hp) entrance motor when you get the AWD mannequin. Efficiency AWD might be obtainable with 160kW motors on each axles.

The lengthy vary RWD mannequin will do 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in 9.4 seconds, AWD in 6.7 seconds, and Efficiency AWD in 5.2 seconds (or, when you want 0-60, the Efficiency mannequin can do it in 4.9).

The car is massive, as you’d count on out of a 3-row SUV, at 5,060mm (199.2in) lengthy, 1,980mm (78in) vast and 1,790mm (70.5in) excessive. That is 2 inches longer than its sister automotive the EV9, and 1 inch much less lengthy than the Rivian R1S.

Exterior design retains among the design language of the (wonderful) Ioniq 5, however bigger and extra rounded-off. Particularly, it retains among the dot-matrix/pixel aesthetic of the lights.

I’ve to say I don’t love the roundedness of it – the design of the Ioniq 5 feels extraordinarily in keeping with quite a lot of straight strains all through, whereas the rounded hood and prolonged rear finish of the 9 spoil that consistency to some extent (and talking of the rear… it virtually appears somewhat hearse-like, to me).

The inside appears extremely spacious, although up to now we haven’t had an opportunity to expertise it ourselves. Most 3-row SUVs on this measurement class do have considerably cramped third rows, so we’re curious if Hyundai has managed to do some type of magic in that respect.

And along with rear and frunk storage (with a frunk able to holding 88L in RWD and 52L in AWD fashions), the middle console affords a considerable amount of storage inside (18.2L, cut up between an higher and decrease tray), and could be slid backwards and forwards to permit simpler motion between entrance or rear seats.

And talking of magic, Hyundai has really completed one thing new right here – an inside with swiveling center seats, to show the automotive right into a lounge.

We’ve seen related interiors on numerous idea vehicles, however understandably they by no means make it to manufacturing. It’s positively an attention-grabbing characteristic, however who actually makes use of their autos like that?

Properly, Hyundai thinks that folks will, so it’s supplied swiveling 2nd-row seats to permit for this. Nonetheless, it says that these seats might be obtainable “in chosen markets solely,” and it has declined to say precisely which markets these are but. We additionally think about this may solely apply to the 6-seat configuration, moderately than 7-seat.

The seats don’t simply swivel although, additionally they recline and have a leg relaxation. Hyundai is asking these its “Rest Seats,” and the primary and second row seats will each be able to this feat. It says this might be significantly helpful for individuals who need to get snug throughout car charging (although, on an optimum 350kW charger, 24 minutes is hardly a lot time for a nap).

And that charging might be completed through a NACS port – making this, we expect, the primary non-Tesla car to debut and be offered with solely a NACS port at any time within the mannequin’s existence. Different E-GMP autos are switching over to NACS, however the Ioniq 5 for instance has been out for a few years now, so there are many CCS Ioniq 5s on the market, however that gained’t be the case for the Ioniq 9.

Like different E-GMP autos, will probably be capable of discharge the battery through vehicle-to-load (V2L) to energy gadgets, although we didn’t get readability on how a lot complete output it’s going to have. Different E-GMP vehicles often high out round 1.8kW, so sufficient to run some common shops, however not sufficient to energy a home.

The Hyundai Ioniq 9 might be obtainable in Korea and the US within the first half of 2025, after which will come to Europe and different markets later. The US model might be constructed at Hyundai’s plant in Georgia – one other instance of a automotive dropped at the US by the home sourcing provisions of President Biden’s EV push (and which could possibly be put into Jeopardy if Dumb & Dumber get their means in trying to kill this boon for US manufacturing).

We don’t have pricing or all tech specs but, so keep tuned as there’s nonetheless extra to come back.

Additionally, you may watch the official debut livestream over at Hyundai’s web site, beginning at 9:10am PST November twenty first. And Electrek might be on the LA Auto Present to ask round and see if we are able to get any lingering questions answered.

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