Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 electric streamliner makes its US debut, revealing 340-mile range
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#6604E)
Hyundai Ioniq 6 on stage at the LA Auto Show's press and trade event AutoMobility. | Image: Hyundai Hyundai's Ioniq 6 electric sedan made its official stateside debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week, revealing some new details on the US version. The Magic Mouse-shaped streamliner" car that was first unveiled this summer will have a max estimated driving range of 340 miles (not EPA-rated yet) on the rear-wheel-drive model.
The range is a bit less than the initial 379-mile target announced and even further from the European WLTP estimates of 382 miles. Still, 340 miles is an excellent achievement, succeeding the Ioniq 5's 300-mile range while running on a similar 77.4kWh battery along with a shared E-GMP (Electric Global Modular Platform) architecture that underpins it.
With E-GMP, the Ioniq 6 is one of few vehicles in the US...