Hyundai Ioniq 5 N grabs Car and Driver's 2024 EV of the Year award

[Redaktion]

During the fourth annual test of new electric vehicles by Car and Driver, no less than 18 vehicles were tested. Based on four criteria, the winner is Huyndai's Ioniq 5N, which provides a driving experience labeled as similar to that delivered by the 1980s G-body Porsche 911 Club Sport.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Hyundai-Ioniq-5-N-grabs-Car-and-Driver-s-2024-EV-of-the-Year-award.878507.0.html

[indy]

Hilarious that a car that gets only around ~200 miles range @$60K+ gets Car of the Year.

What good is that acceleration when you'll just be sitting for 30+ minutes waiting for it to charge...for just ~160 miles range?

I'll take the Prius, please. Little bit slower, but 500+ miles range (&5 minutes to fill up) is lovely.

[Ednumero]

Ordinarily, you would just charge it at home overnight on L2. Then you'd have plenty of range for your day-to-day driving without ever visiting a station. However, I do share the confusion with the 35 minute DCFC time when the N-less variants tout 15 minute charges to 80%, and wonder why it was tested to 90% instead.

I also want to believe that they didn't tank the efficiency so much that, if driven lightly to extend the roadtrip range, it still couldn't compete with the standard models. Is it all the fault of the fancy tires?