2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9: American car-buyer tastes meet Korean EV tech

The native NACS cost port on the rear means all of Tesla’s v3 Superchargers are potential power-up places; these will take the battery from 10–80 p.c state of cost in 40 minutes. Or use the NACS-CCS1 adapter and a 350 kW quick charger (or discover one in every of Ionna’s 350 kW chargers with a NACS plug) and do the ten–80 p.c SoC top-up in a mere 24 minutes.

With this most-powerful Ioniq 9, I’d principally hold it in Eco mode, which just about fully depends upon the rear electrical motor. When firing with each motors, the Calligraphy outputs 422 hp (315 kW) and extra importantly, 516 lb-ft (700 Nm). In Sport mode, that’s greater than sufficient to chirp the tires from a standstill, significantly if it’s damp. Low rolling resistance and good effectivity was a better precedence for the Ioniq 9’s tire choice than lateral grip, and with a curb weight of 6,008 lbs (2,735 kg) it’s probably not a automobile that must be hustled until you’re trying to outrun one thing like a volcano. It’s additionally the distinction between effectivity within the low 2 miles/kWh vary.

Life with the Ioniq 9 wasn’t fully pain-free. For instance, the contact panel for the local weather management settings turns into unattainable to learn in shiny daylight, though the knobs to boost or decrease the temperature are no less than bodily objects. I additionally had hassle with the windshield wipers’ intermittent setting, regardless of the usual rain sensors.

At $74,990, the Ioniq 9 Calligraphy comes extra closely specced than electrical SUVs from extra luxurious, and subsequently costlier, manufacturers and will cost sooner and drive extra effectively than any of them. In case you don’t thoughts giving up 119 hp (89 kW) and a few choices, all-wheel drive is out there from $62,765 for the SE trim, and that longer-legged single-motor Ioniq 9 begins at $58,955. Though with simply 215 hp (160 KW) and 285 lb-ft (350 Nm), the driving expertise received’t be fairly the identical because the mannequin we examined.