Ahead of the LA Auto Show this week, Hyundai showed off its brand-new three-row all-electric SUV with a suite of features that the Korean automaker is convinced will appeal to fickle American car buyers.
The Ioniq 9 is a battery-electric three-row SUV based on the Seven concept that the company showed off in 2021. The new EV is built on Hyundai’s E-GMP platform, which underpins all the other electric Hyundais on the market, including the Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6, and Ioniq 5N. And it will have a 110.3kWh battery that Hyundai said should get more than 300 miles of range for all models.
Image: Hyundai
Image: Hyundai
A variety of options
The new Ioniq 9 will come in two versions: Long Range and Performance, each with rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive options. The Long Range RWD makes around 214hp (160kW) and just shy of 260 pound-feet of torque (350nm). The Long Range AWD version will get a 70kW motor (with 255nm of torque) at the front and a 160kW (with 350nm of torque) motor at the rear, though Hyundai doesn’t say whether those will be additive.
