Launching in Australia in 2023, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 followed the Ioniq 5 as a more aerodynamically efficient sedan, with a more sporting look to join its boxier electric car sibling.
Competing with the extremely popular Tesla Model 3, the Ioniq 6 is available in either rear- or all-wheel drive, and with its largest 77.4kWh has a WLTP range of up to 614km.
Fitting best into the sedan segment, the Ioniq 6 hasn’t proved as popular as more SUV-like EVs (such as the closely related Ioniq 5) but its place as an alternative option for EV buyers remains, with prices starting from around $66,500 before on-roads.
The line-up currently starts at $67,300 for the Ioniq 6 2Wd (53.0Kwh) and ranges through to $115,000 for the range-topping Ioniq 6 N Awd (84Kwh).
Inside, Hyundai have made a number of key enhancements to ensure the Ioniq 6 N looks suitably sporty. There’s a sports steering wheel, complete with a pair of N buttons to immediately activate the more dynamic driving modes, plus sports seats and even a soft knee pad built into the side of the centre console, so you can brace yourself when you're lapping the track at speed.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 N has a driving range of 487km (on the WLTP test cycle), which is well short of the 519km and 614km the previously-available non-N models offered.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 N is available in six colours 'Performance Blue Pearl' (exclusive to the N model), 'Serenity White Pearl', 'Nocturne Grey Matte', 'Nocturne Grey Metallic', 'Abyss Black Pearl' and 'Gravity Gold Matte'.
There are three ways of charging the Hyundai Ioniq 6 – two at home methods, and one in public. It is recommended that owners of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 purchase a three-phase 11kW at-home wall charger box. These retail for anywhere from $800 to $2000, depending on the manufacturer and the power supply, with additional charges of 21 to 36 centw per kW, depending on your energy provider. Additional costs can be zero if you’re hooked up to a renewable source such as solar. All up, it will deliver a charge time of five hours for the Standard Range variant and seven hours for the Long Range. The other at-home method is through a conventional 240V powerpoint, which takes about 25 hours on the Standard Range variant and 37 hours on the Long Range variant. A public charging station of 50kW will deliver a zero to 80 per cent charge in one hour for the Standard range, rising to 1.6 hours on the Long Range, while a 350kW charger will see the time it takes drop to 18 minutes on both variants. Cost is dependent on location, whether it is a peak period or not, and what the charger’s capacity is, though as a general rule you should never pay more than $40 for a full charge.
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Hyundai Australia offers a single Ioniq 6 N variant, with the only option to remove the sunroof for no cost. Standard equipment includes LED headlights and tail-lights, 20-inch alloy wheels, dual-zone climate control, an eight-speaker Bose premium sound system, a 12.3-inch multimedia touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and Hyundai’s Digital Key2.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 N is powered by a pair of electric motors - a 166kW front motor and 282kW rear motor. The combined output is 448kW/740Nm but N Grin Boost provides a 10 second burst of 478kW/770Nm.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 N is a five-seat sedan. It offers good space front and rear thanks to clever interior design and its bespoke electric vehicle underpinnings, that create more space.
The boot of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 N is 371 litres, which is on the smaller size for a mid-size sedan, and well short of the class leaders, like the 524L Toyota Camry.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 N can do the 0-100km/h sprint in just 3.2 seconds with N Grin Boost activated (0.2 seconds faster than the Ioniq 5 N). Top speed is limited to 257km/h.