Hyundai updates Ioniq 5 with bigger battery, Tesla-style port
Enlarge / The lifted, rugged, off-road version-of-normal trend has come to the Ioniq 5 with the new XLT.
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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is one of our favorite electric vehicles. It offers excellent efficiency and really rapid charging, all wrapped up in a shape that exudes late-’80s hatchback vibes. Today, Hyundai revealed details about the Ioniq 5’s update for model year 2025 (MY25), and it’s noteworthy for a number of reasons.
For starters, when MY25 Ioniq 5s start appearing on dealer lots in Q4, they’ll arrive with J3400 ports concealed underneath their charger port flaps. Once known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), this is the Tesla-style charger plug, which means MY25 Ioniq 5s should be able to fast charge at more than 17,000 Tesla Superchargers throughout the US and Canada.
The flip side is that a MY25 Ioniq 5 will require an adapter if the driver wants to charge it with a CCS1 charger, although Hyundai will include that dongle with a new car. The automaker says that as it refreshes other EVs in Q4, they will also only come with J3400 ports. For existing Hyundai EVs with CCS1 ports, J3400 adapters are supposed to be available in Q1 2025.
Another benefit of starting production at Hyundai’s new plant in Georgia is that US-made Ioniq 5s will be eligible for some of the IRS clean vehicle tax credit. This is now linked to domestic battery content, and Hyundai says that, initially, it expects US-made Ioniq 5s (and other EVs from the Georgia factory) to be eligible for at least $3,750. (Leased Ioniq 5s qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit.)
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Hyundai says that model-year 2025 Ioniq 5s will come from the factory with native Tesla-style J3400 ports.
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This is the XRT interior, and unless I’m mistaken, it’s the same as MY24 Ioniq 5s. (Hyundai’s press materials say the new interior tweaks are for non-XRT models.)
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Hyundai might encroach on some Rivian sales with the XRT.
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A bigger battery
The Ioniq 5 is also getting a battery capacity bump for MY25. The standard-range Ioniq 5 increases from 58 kWh to 63 kWh, boosting the range by 20 miles (32 km) to 240 miles (385 km). The long-range models see capacity grow from 77.4 kWh to 84 kWh—this adds seven miles to the range of the longest-range Ioniq 5, which will be able to travel 310 miles (489 km) on a single charge.
Not all of the longer-range Ioniq 5s can go that far; as EV aficionados know, fitting bigger wheels to one does deleterious things to its range.
That definitely applies to a new addition to the Ioniq 5 lineup, a lifted black-bumper-clad off-road-capable variant called the XRT. The XRT combines an all-wheel-drive powertrain with new 18-inch wheels and all-terrain tires, new suspension tuning, including a 0.9-inch (23 mm) lift, and a whole lot of black trim.
All the other Ioniq 5s (barring the bonkers Ioniq 5 N) get some interior and exterior tweaks for MY25, including new front and rear bumpers, a new rear spoiler, a redesigned center console and new climate control panel, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and some new safety-focused driver assists.
Pricing for the refreshed Ioniq 5 range should be available closer to the cars’ arrival at dealerships.