Hyundai teases Ioniq 7 electric SUV
Hyundai has given us the best look yet at its Ioniq 7 full-size battery electric SUV.
Due in 2024, the Ioniq 7 was teased in silhouette alongside the Ioniq 5 production BEV that soon goes on sale in Australia, and a concept version of the Ioniq 6 (the concept was called the Prophecy) that launches as a production car in 2022.
The tease was released on the Hyundai Global Twitter account in a post promoting Hyundai’s commitment to electrify its entire model line-up in Europe in 2035 and by 2040 in other major markets.
Hyundai made that promise at the Munich IAA auto show this week, as part of an overarching commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Hyundai also gave more of an insight into its hydrogen strategy this week, including a prediction the FCEV tech would be on price parity with BEV tech by 2030 and the showing of a 500kW hydrogen-powered rear-drive performance car.
The Ioniq 7 didn’t make an appearance in Munich, so what we can glean about its shape is limited to the issued photography.
That shows a roofline that slopes significantly at the rear into an SUV coupe style even though it is expected to be a three-row seven-seater.
Up-front a full-width narrow headlight strip sits flush with the bonnet and fascia, while a rectangular driving light is made up of what appears to be smaller square lights.
While little technical detail has been revealed about the Ioniq 7, it is expected to be based on an extended version of the E-GMP BEV architecture that underpins the Ioniq 5 and 6, the Kia EV6 and the Genesis GV60.
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Using E-GMP means Ioniq 7 will have an 8oo-volt charging capacity and 350kW charging speeds. It is expected to come with an SK Innovations battery pack with at least 100 kWh capacity.
Curiously, Hyundai’s twitter photo is captioned “Completion of Ioniq line-up” when it is expected more Ioniq BEVs will be rolled out in coming years.
It probably relates to the completion of the initial roll-out phase being completed, as Ioniq 5, 6 and 7 were all announced together in 2020 when the sub-brand was launched.
The first look at the Ioniq 7 is the latest in a series of Hyundai announcements about its electrification plans.
Earlier this week it staged a webinar called Hydrogen Wave in which it outlined plans to use fuel cell stacks in heavy transportations and in passenger vehicles. It also revealed an ambition to achieve price parity between BEVs and FCEVs by 2030.
