This is the Hyundai Ioniq 6 N by another name - hyper electric car uncovered!

Don’t buy too much into the RN22e name for this latest concept car from Hyundai’s go-fast N Division - it’s a thinly veiled precursor to a production version of the all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 6 N. 

The recipe is familiar - the brand has taken the Ioniq 6 EV and made it lower, wider, with a more aggressive aerodynamic design that also offers better functional cooling and drive-enhancing characteristics.

Hyundai calls these concept models “rolling lab” cars, and this is the first ever one built on the brand’s electric car architecture (known as E-GMP), which apparently showcases “the possibility of a high-performance EV model in the future”.

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So, what’s powering this EV performance car? A pair of electric motors capable of 430kW and 740Nm, teamed to a 77.4kWh battery pack.

In a sign of the times, Hyundai hasn’t quoted a 0-100km/h speed for this car, but instead stated the EV can be charged from 10-80 per cent in less than 18 minutes on a 350kW fast charger.

It uses the same 800-volt architecture as the standard Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 models, and according to Hyundai, it has been developed to meet and maximise the N brand’s performance pillars.

The RN22e has an electronic limited-slip “Corner Carving Differential”, this time with torque vectoring by twin-clutch that “elevates the corner carving feel with inevitably heavier weight” of the electric car compared with petrol models. The driver can also select the power delivery bias to front or rear wheels.

Of course, there are bigger brakes (400mm) and four-piston callipers, and the N team are said to be studying “how to deliver dynamic movement with regen-braking that precisely controls yaw and corner attack”.

You don’t even have to drive a Hyundai N model to know that the sound they make is a pretty big deal, too - so it’s no surprise Hyundai is working to create a specific N Sound+ that will be pushed out through speakers inside and outside the car.

The RN22e was unveiled in Korea alongside the mind-blowingly good-looking N Vision 74 hydrogen-powered performance coupe, and Hyundai’s head of customer experience, Thamos Schemera, said these two models both play an important part in the brand’s strategy for alternatives to conventional performance cars.

“Rolling labs represent the continuous development of our most advanced technologies. This unique approach makes us ready for the challenges of the future by empowering us to push ourselves to the limit,” said Mr Schemera.