SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Sunday the IONIQ 5 all-electric model and the Santa Fe SUV have received three awards in the 2023 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards. The IONIQ 5 beat its rivals in two categories, winning the Electric Vehicle segment and the New Model segment. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Motional, a joint venture set up between Hyundai Motor Co. and U.S. mobility startup Aptiv, said Friday it has signed a 10-year deal to supply Hyundai’s IONIQ 5-based autonomous vehicles to Uber Technologies Inc. Under the deal, Motional will supply the all-electric IONIQ 5 driverless robo taxis to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The EV-only powertrain on Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-electric IONIQ 5 was named one of the Wards 10 Best Engines & Propulsion systems, the company said Wednesday. The IONIQ 5 was selected for its performance, charging capability, range and price, Hyundai Motor said in a statement. The South Korean carmaker [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it will supply 50 IONIQ 5 all-electric vehicles to a Japanese taxi company from August. Hyundai Motor has recently signed a deal with Kyoto-based MK Taxi to gradually supply the 50 zero-emission models to the Japanese company, the company said in a [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said Sunday it received more than 1,500 orders for its all-electric IONIQ 5 in Indonesia, less than a week after releasing the prices. Hyundai Motor received 1,587 orders for the IONIQ 5 in Indonesia from April 22-27, more than doubling overall electric [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 5 has been named World Car of the Year at the 2022 World Car Awards, beating models from sister brand Kia Corp. and Ford Motor Co. to claim the overall crown. The all-electric crossover beat Kia’s EV6 pure electric sedan and Ford’s Mustang Mach-E SUV. [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-electric IONIQ 5 has been named the UK Car of the Year 2022, beating nine competitors in the final round, the company said Tuesday. The IONIQ 5 outpaced the nine models, including the Fiat 500-e city car, BMW iX crossover and Porsche’s Taycan Cross Turismo, in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is holding an unusual promotion event for its all-electric IONIQ 5 in which the model uses its “vehicle-to-load” technology to supply electricity to a small cabin deep in the woods. South Korea’s biggest carmaker recently joined hands with Studio Puisto Architects, a Helsinki architecture studio, to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Worldwide sales of the IONIQ 5 and EV6, the first dedicated battery electric models from Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp., respectively, have exceeded 50,000 units just six months after their release, according to recent data. Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5 was released in April and Kia’s EV6 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of Hyundai Motor Co.’s IONIQ 5 all-electric car buyers are in their 50s or older, indicating that the customer base is similar to that of its existing vehicles with internal combustion engines. The company analyzed the customer data for 5,700 units of the Ioniq 5 that had been [...]