The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is the start of something new.
Biermann explained that the i4’s EV drivetrain has to work twice as hard as the 800-volt system in the Ioniq 5 N. The basic Ioniq 5 has that same 800-volt architecture, and high-efficiency silicon carbide inverters, too. It’s an efficient and high-output platform, one that the N team was basically gifted for the N version. The N is more of less is a project to unlock the potential within that structure.
This Ioniq 5 N makes about double that, or “around 600” as the Hyundai people have been saying here in Arjeplog, Sweden at their winter testing facility. That’s as specific as they’re going to get now on this early first drive, but it’s enough to go on. This is a different kind of product. It’s the first N with all-wheel drive. It’s the first N that’s electric. It’s the first N with this kind of power. I asked Biermann what was the last AWD car he worked on.
Instead, the N sends a variable amount of power to the front of the car, acting something like a virtual steering angle. As you near the limit of how much lock you can put on to catch a slide, the car is able to send more and more power to the front to pull you straight. It’s possible not only because of g-sensors and wheel speed sensors in the car, but also from these fiendishly responsive motors front and rear, and the 5 N’s ability to so instantly vary torque.
The more you think about it, the more of an achievement it becomes. It’s impossible to grasp all the permutations possible with this platform. All of the opportunities are mind numbing. They multiply and cover you, snowflakes turning into an avalanche. All of that work, and the N engineers have made an EV with a real character. Intuitive. Engaging. Multi-dimensionsional.
Much of what makes the N so interesting is just that it uses the 5’s platform to its fullest. All the changes from 5 to 5 N are slight. It has more camber, it is lower, wider, with stiffer springs, roll bars, and a different steering ratio. The rear motor is different, as is the E-LSD, which the N team had to speed up to be fast enough to work for a car like this. “The same procedure we did on existing N cars, we did also on the Ioniq 5 N.
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