2017 Hyundai Ioniq Electric May Be Joining 100 Miles Club
One of the first notable criticisms that first surfaced with regard to electric vehicles was the idea that each vehicle would only get a very small number of miles out of each charge. There were horror stories circulated that illustrated exhausted men and women having to lug huge batteries with them to work everyday in order to ensure enough charge in their electric vehicles to make it home that night. Those days, however, seem to be quite far behind us. That is, more and more automakers are pulling together both concepts of electric vehicle powertrains as well as electric vehicles themselves that go well beyond the 100 mile range on a single charge, and the folks over at Hyundai are no different. In other words, Hyundai has recently announced their new 2017 Hyundai Ioniq Electric, which, according to Hyundai Engineer Kim Choong, is expected to receive a United States range rating of 110 miles on a single charge.
That is to say that, alongside models like the Nissan Leaf and the 2017 BMW i3, the Hyundai Ioniq Electric will join a select pedigree of vehicles that achieve at least 100 miles or more. This is all, of course, a part of Hyundai—along with sister company Kia—ensuring plans to become the world’s second highest volume maker of green cars by 2020, following Toyota. The automaker has already taken huge steps in this department, offering hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of their high volume mid-size sedans, the Sonata and Optima, but a tried and true electric vehicle that boast over 100 miles on a single charge is an even bigger step in the company’s right direction.
Some of the more impressive speculations with regard to the new 2017 Hyundai Ioniq Electric include a 117 horse power electric motor that is quite capable of delivering speeds up to 93 miles per hour. Too, what is also notable is that Hyundai has decided to go with a smaller kilowatt-hours battery (28-kwh to be precise) in order to deliver a vehicle that has enough electricity storing capability to break that 100 miles in a single charge threshold, but that also is not going to break your bank as far as price is concerned. That is, in South Korea where the vehicle first launched, prices where upwards of 40 million won, which translates to roughly $32,000.
As is always the case, keep checking back in here with us at Rosen Hyundai for more information with regard to Hyundai’s new 2017 Ioniq Electric. And too, while you are at it, why not stop by and sign up to test drive one of the numerous new Hyundai vehicles on our lot.
