While Tesla, Ford and GM all (very publicly) vie for the highest spot within the American electrical automobile market, Hyundai has that threatens to surpass all of them. On Wednesday (Thursday in Korea), Hyundai Motor Group formally unveiled the Ioniq 6, a streamlined sedan that provides an estimated 610km (380 mile) vary and an clever inside that George Jetson would mistake for magic.

The Ioniq 6, like the opposite iterations of the Ioniq lineup, is constructed atop Hyundai’s e-GMP platform. As such, the 6 is outfitted with an industry-leading 800V electrical structure enabling a 10-80 cost in simply 18 minutes.

It will likely be out there with both an ordinary 55kWh battery pack or an elective 77.4kWh pack, equal to what the Kia EV6 and Polestar 2 provide. Combined with a miniscule 0.21 drag coefficient (which can also be probably the greatest in the marketplace), the Ioniq 6 is anticipated to prime 610 km on a single cost. And just like the Ioniq 5, the 6 additionally affords V2L capabilities, enabling it to cost your own home, equipment and even different automobiles.

Its exceedingly aerodynamic exterior, out there in a dozen completely different colours, has been likened to that of an Apple Mouse come to life — like somebody shortened the again of Mercedes-Benz’ bold AVTR Concept and gave it a duck lip. And elective 20-inch rims.

Drivers may have the choice between RWD and AWD (2- and 4-motor) variants. Per Hyundai, the AWD will output 239 kW (320HP) with 605 Nm of torque and hit 60 from a standstill in 5.1 seconds. You’ll must go for the small battery RWD mannequin to attain most effectivity and get the sub-14 kWh/100 km WLTP-estimated power consumption.

Drivers will be capable of tightly customise their most popular driving expertise utilizing the Ioniq 6’s EV Performance Tune-up system. Dial in every little thing from steering effort and motor energy, to accelerator pedal sensitivity and driveline mode. You also can group numerous facet settings into fast selectable packages — like a loadout in Call of Duty, or Focus Modes in iOS.

“Our engineers have worked hard to deliver a car with human-centric purposeful features to ensure a completely stress-free driving experience with its focus on design sustainability, technology, and usability,” Thomas Schemera, Hyundai EVP of Product and Strategy, mentioned throughout a current press name.

Its “cocoon-inspired” inside has been constructed as a “comfy and personalized hideaway” the place, in keeping with the corporate’s launch video, individuals can take naps, bang out some mild coding or workplace work and even conduct livestreams to their myriad social media followers — or, in actuality, will function a quiet place to cry throughout lunch breaks. (Phil is a horrible supervisor and he doesn’t deserve your efforts, it’s best to simply stop.)

To get you again into the temper earlier than your subsequent shift begins, the Ioniq 6 will provide Dual Color Ambient Lighting which lets the driving force choose from 64 shades and a half dozen preset themes and tint their automobile’s inside to their style. The Relaxation Comfort Seats are elective however are designed specifically for electrical automobiles and are due to this fact 30 p.c thinner than these utilized in fuel automobiles. When mixed with a totally flat flooring (look Ma, no driveshaft!) and elongated 2,950-mm wheelbase, the Ioniq 6 ought to present, “more space for passengers but without compromised to comfort,” Schemera mentioned. It’ll additionally provide 4 type-C and one type-A USB ports within the entrance cabin to maintain your numerous stay streaming devices absolutely charged.

The inside encompasses a 12-inch full-touch infotainment show and 12-inch digital cluster, which give real-time journey radius mapping to tell the driving force how far they’ll be capable of go on the cost they’ve remaining. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are each normal, as is Bluetooth multi-connection — which means you’ll be able to wirelessly join two gadgets to play by way of the 8-speaker Bose sound system.

While Hyundai (fairly responsibly) doesn’t declare any semblance of “self-driving” functionality, the Ioniq 6 does characteristic a slew of Level 2 driver help features as a part of the Hyundai SmartSense ADAS. That consists of Highway Driving Assist, Smart Cruise Control, and Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist all of which function across the similar theme of protecting you from smashing headfirst into different automobiles. The larger trim packages may also provide Junction Crossing, Lane-Changing Oncoming and Lane-Changing Side options, which can work to maintain different automobiles from smashing headfirst into you at intersections. Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist will hold you from smashing headfirst into obstacles you’ll be able to’t even see.

Intelligent Speed Limit Assist and High Beam Assist will be certain that you don’t velocity however do flip down your excessive beams. The 6 will even watch you watch the highway and problem a Driver Attention Warning if you happen to begin nodding off. Parking help, cross visitors/parking collision avoidance and secure exit warnings are additionally out there. Hyundai plans to repeatedly tweak and replace the Ioniq 6’s options by way of OTA updates.

Pricing has but to be introduced for the Ioniq 6, although manufacturing is slated to start in Q3 2022. Stay tuned, Hyundai will make the Ioniq 6’s official American introduction in November.