Author - Kaga User: Ogo who opened the acura
As the emission regulations of countries around the world become more and more stringent, more and more car companies have begun to develop pure electric vehicle models, and even in this era, many car companies have begun to build pure electric platforms. The hyundai Ani Kr 5 that this article is going to introduce is the first car born in the Hyundai E-GMP pure electric platform (full name is Hyundai Electric Global Modular Platform), I think this car is very representative of hyundai group in the level of pure electric vehicle research and development, in the future, hyundai group has a number of pure electric vehicles will be born on this platform, so I am very interested in the product power of ani krypton 5, to see if he is competitive in the pure electric vehicle market, Even more specifically, I have seen many foreign media compare Ani Krypton 5 with Tesla, and I heard that manufacturers are also ready to benchmark him against Tesla. So this article will dissect Ani Krypton 5 around these two questions:
Is the Ani Krypton 5 a good pure electric car?
Does the Ani Krypton 5 have the ability to compete with Tesla?
【Shape design belonging to the next era】
In addition to the background explained above, another reason that makes me interested in this car is his appearance, I can't use too many artistic professional words to describe his appearance, but let me use one word to describe my intuitive feeling is "cool", anyway, let me think that this car looks different from the current car, most of the cars are like fluids, and this car is like cutting out the squares, the reason for my feeling is that he does not have too many rich lines, even if there are lines, it is very flat and straight.
In this era, I found that a lot of novel product design is a simple wind, you can take an example in addition to the car, that is, flat design, if I am not mistaken, Apple was the first to implant this concept into the IOS system, and then many companies also take the flat route like Apple. All in all, I think the Ioniq 5 car left me with this impression of simplicity, as if to suggest to me that this is a product that belongs to the next era, which has aroused my interest in experiencing this car.
【The interior style is not monotonous, but the materials are very cheap】
The interior of Ioniq 5 still has some sense of design, the central control and the armrest box are not connected together, generally this layout is mostly MPV, which makes me feel that this interior layout is very homely.
In addition to the atmosphere of home, the sense of science and technology is not missing, mainly reflected in the use of the current mainstream dual screen design, and this dual screen is not as uncoordinated as some cars, at least the height and plane angle are consistent with other parts of the interior, it seems very coordinated; then the design of the steering wheel is also very novel,
First of all, there is no modern logo on this two-frame steering wheel, only four dots can be seen, which should be the only steering wheel I have seen so far without a logo. I suspect that these four points may be one of the design elements of this car, and this element can also be seen in the design of the taillights. In addition to multimedia system adjustment, cruise control and driver assistance functions, driving mode adjustment, kinetic energy recovery force paddles and gear levers are also concentrated on the steering wheel, and the degree of functional integration is very high.
Although the interior has a sense of design, the materials are very cheap. In addition to the material at the top of the center console is still relatively soft (only relatively soft), all the other parts are hard plastic, and more excessive is the door panel part, which is completely plastic. It is said that this car uses environmentally friendly materials, but I don't care so much, I think the plastic parts of this car are uncomfortable to look at or touch.
【Brief Review of Ergonomics】
I think the layout of the central control is very good, the top is the multimedia screen, the bottom is the buttons, streamlined and centralized. Compared with the previous modern, the design of the multimedia interface has made great progress, the resolution is clear, the design of the interface is also very modern, the touch screen response speed has no delay, and the operation is relatively easy to get started. The button area is very intuitive, but the touch is general, the physical buttons in the silver part are more similar to the previous modern models, lacking some thickness; the touch buttons in the black part do not have any tactile feedback and tone, and cannot tell the driver whether they have touched the buttons.
The grip of the steering wheel can only be said to be acceptable, not excellent. Grip can ensure the basic fit, but the grip is too full, making people feel that the grip is not strong enough, which is more like Tesla's steering wheel, the overall width is relatively thick.
The design of the pocket block is more exquisite, mainly the metal part enhances the texture. But they are all designed as a pocket block, why not design it up and down like the Mercedes-Benz? You have to change gears by twisting the metal parts. With that being designed, wouldn't it be more appropriate to design the Kia EV6 and GeniseyS GV60 with knobs under the center console?
The car has plenty of storage space and plenty of space for different kinds of parts.
The floor of the trunk is relatively high, and the degree of flatness is slightly affected by the rear wheel, which erodes some of the trunk space that is large enough in itself, which is a pity.
【Seat ergonomics - rear row is the biggest highlight of this car】
As mentioned in the stem, what I appreciate most about this car is its back row performance. Let's take a look at what features the back row of the Ioniq 5 has.
From this point of view, it is not difficult to see that the rear space of the Ioniq 5 is very extravagant, even if the legs of the second lang can have enough space, if I remember correctly, I should not have experienced such a extravagant car in the back row space for a long time, even some standard axle D-class cars do not have such a level of space.
Then there is the very good design of the rear seat model, the seat cushion length is very long, and the inclination angle of the seat cushion is very suitable, even if you sit on your back, your hips will not go down. The backrest can be adjusted to a very gentle angle, the head space is also very abundant, at the same time, the material of the seat is also very good, I experienced the mid-match model with the weaving seat, the filling of this webbing seat is very thick and soft, especially the lumbar back support is very good, and it fits perfectly with the body. So, the back row performance of Ioniq 5 can be described as perfect, I really can't find any problems, it can be said that it is super level play.
The front seats also perform well, and most of the features of the rear seats are also inherited in the design of the seat model. But for me, there is a fly in the ointment, that is, the seat can not be adjusted to the low sitting position I like.
【As an electric vehicle, how does the motor of Ani Krypton 5 perform?】 】
The following is going to enter the analysis of the mechanical quality part of the Ioniq 5, as an electric vehicle, the most interesting thing is the performance of the motor, which is also an important part of measuring the quality of the electric vehicle, so I will give priority to analyzing the powertrain of this car.
First of all, I have to introduce the hardware basis of the Ioniq 5 that I test drove, this car is the rear-drive long-haul version, equipped with a 225-horsepower permanent magnet synchronous motor, so the following conclusions only apply to the rear-drive long-haul version of the Ioniq 5, not to other versions.
Compared with the Mustang Mach E, Tesla Model 3/Y and Volvo XC40 Recharge, the rear-drive long-distance version of the Ioniq 5 horsepower is not large, only 225 horses, much smaller than the above-mentioned pure electric vehicles, but the subjective feeling of power is not slow at all, but the output is still relatively rapid, compared to the same only more than 200 chevrolet Bolt EUV has a more rapid acceleration feeling.
In addition to the relatively strong power itself, the output characteristics of this car are also very good. Although his power response speed is not the most positive in the new electric car, it is also very positive overall. No matter what amplitude you press down the accelerator pedal, the power intervenes at a very natural pace with no significant delay at all (this issue has been on the Volvo XC40 Recharge, which I described in detail when I wrote about the car). Therefore, in daily use, the power output of Ioniq 5 will not cause trouble to the driver at all, and it is very easy to drive this car fast and smooth.
The Ioniq 5 has three driving modes, Economy, Normal and Sport. Needless to say, the economic model is the most moderate, and the movement mode is the fiercest. However, in addition to the power output strength, in the performance of the powertrain, there is no difference in the output logic of the three modes.
The Ioniq 5 is the most user-friendly pure electric vehicle I've ever driven in single-pedal mode. First of all, the car's single-pedal mode itself is very comfortable, his braking force is not very abrupt, when the driver instantly releases the brake pedal, the reverse acceleration is not very obvious, which is better than many pure electric vehicles I have driven. Then there is the only pure electric vehicle that I have ever driven that can adjust the kinetic energy recovery force, this process can be completed by simply dialing the paddle behind the steering wheel, the driver can completely turn off the single pedal mode, can also choose the recovery force that he is more suitable for, and can also let the system automatically select the recovery force (i-Pedal mode). If you don't want to use kinetic energy recovery, you can turn it off completely, and if you want to use it, you can indirectly adapt it through different modes, and I really appreciate the multi-selectable kinetic energy recovery setting on the Ioniq 5.
I can't measure the endurance level of this rear-drive long-distance version of Ioniq 5 in a short period of time, but the official endurance value is 480km, which is not the top level of the industry, but it is also an upstream level, with certain advantages. Then there is the fact that the charging speed of this car is very fast, and it takes less than 20 minutes to charge 80%.
The following is a disadvantage, in the process of high-speed acceleration, this car will emit a more obvious electric current sound, almost no such phenomenon in the electric car I have driven before. I guess it's because the motor of this car is in the front cabin, and there is no sound insulation cotton on the cabin cover, so the noise of the motor is not completely isolated.
At this point, the analysis of the power part of Ioniq 5 is over, and I want to define it here: as a car born under the pure electric platform framework, I think that Ioniq 5 has completed the part that belongs to the attributes of electric vehicles very well, and I can see that Hyundai Group is fully prepared for the future new energy market.
【What is the mechanical quality outside the attributes of electric vehicles?】 】
The previous analysis is the electric vehicle attribute part of the Ioniq 5, and the following analysis is the part of the car that is shared with other car attributes.
First of all, let's talk about the quality of driving, the performance is average, mixed. First of all, the advantages, the chassis has a certain degree of flexibility, the vibration into the car is more dispersed, belongs to a softer orientation, just drive this car will make people feel that the chassis is more comfortable, creating some high-end feeling. The tires are Michelin Primacy all-season tires, which are characterized by very good road noise suppression.
It is not difficult to see here that the chassis of this car is very much in line with the style of a home model, giving the first impression of having a very comfortable driving quality, is this the case? Not! The high-end feeling described above can only be experienced when you first touch this car, and if you drive this car to different road conditions, you will find that his chassis is flawed.
Just mentioned that the vibration into the car is more dispersed, but the vibration in the car lasts for a short time, so that there will be a more obvious tremor when passing through the road gap, and the rear axle is more obvious than the front axle, and if you take this car for a long time, you will find that the isolation of the chassis needs to be improved.
The body dynamics are more difficult, and it is obvious that the dynamic tuning is missing some heat. During acceleration and braking, the front tilt phenomenon is more obvious; during the lane change, the amplitude of the body's left and right tilt can also be perceived; if the high speed passes through the uneven road (such as the steamed road), the body will have a more obvious degree of up and down; thus it can be seen that the chassis of the car may sway in any dimension, and when the larger vibration on the road surface, the occupants of the car will always experience shaking in all directions, and it is impossible to give the occupants a calm riding experience.
Let's talk about the manipulativeness, and the performance is not very good. It's not useless, but it's more problematic than good.
Or first of all, the steering force is relatively light, and light at the same time with a soft and smooth damping feeling, after getting started will find that the steering wheel is very comfortable to rotate, the overall is a more relaxed style, so this car in the steering feel of the creation, I can give praise, in some luxury brand cars I can find similar texture.
Next I will analyze the groove point of the car's steering. Although the creation of the damping sense is very good, and the logic of the damping gain with the angle is also more appropriate, but the back-to-positive logic is not very good, the main problem is that the turn back to the positive action is more lazy, making people feel more sticky, and it cannot be returned to the normal in a natural rhythm without external forces.
The car doesn't have a significant speed-plus gain, but it changes the damping intensity depending on the driving mode, and like the logic of other models, the economy mode is light and the sport mode is a little heavier. I think that due to the lack of speed gain characteristics, the economy and comfort mode lacks a sense of steering center in the state of high-speed driving, so that when driving at high speed, the driver will feel more floaty, and the solution is to adjust into the sport mode, at this time the steering damping is tighter, and the neutrality is significantly stronger.
However, a shift to neutralism does not mean that the steering is more controlled. On this car, I found that the different modes only change the weight of the steering, and do not change the body following. The car's body following is not satisfactory, and no matter what mode you turn in, you will feel that the rhythm of body movement is always half a beat slower than the instructions I execute. As a result, I think this car is still a bit disjointed to drive.
Here we can see that the Ioniq 5 is not very satisfactory in the mechanical quality of the electric vehicle attributes. One might ask, am I being overly demanding of the dynamics of this car? Am I evaluating this car by the standard of a performance car? In fact, what makes me dissatisfied is not that this car is not fun to drive, but that his dynamic foundation itself is not very good, even the most basic steering directivity can not be guaranteed, even if it is not fierce driving, it will feel more disconnected; then the dynamics of the chassis are also more struggling, not only affecting the handling experience, but more importantly affecting comfort. You should know that the price of this car in Canada is more than 50,000 Canadian dollars, which has exceeded the price of CRV, and I think the dynamic performance of this car cannot support this price.
【Final Thought】
The hyundai Ioniq 5 has finished its product strength analysis, and now it is possible to make a simple summary: I don't think this is a very good car, but I appreciate the idea behind it. At least in Canada, his price is not cheap, but many places have not achieved the extreme, and even have flaws, such as cheap interior materials, more struggling chassis and a more disjointed handling experience, only the back row can be called super level play. But in any case, we must always remember that the Ioniq 5 is the first car under the modern E-GMP pure electric platform, from the performance of the electric part of this car, I still see the painstaking efforts of the R & D team, such as a relatively highly perfect powertrain, very friendly kinetic energy recovery adjustment, and a certain competitive endurance level and efficient charging rate, which may cost the car higher in these aspects, and thus somewhat inadequate in other aspects.
So I think the hyundai Ioniq 5 may not be competitive, even if it enters the country in the future, after all, I think this car is more than 200,000 if it is not competitive, and it is still difficult to control this car within 200,000. However, this car has laid a good foundation for the E-GMP platform, and there will definitely be many cars born on this platform in the future, if the foundation laid by Ioniq 5 can be extended to these cars, and the cost control can be improved, I think the electric vehicles born under this platform in the future will become more and more competitive. In this way, the significance of Ioniq 5 for the entire Hyundai Group is still very positive.
Can you compete with Tesla? 】
Here I only mention the Model 3, not the Model Y, because the Ioniq 5 is closer to the size of the Model 3, and in Canada his price is also closer to the Model 3 after-wheel version, and the Model Y has a big gap with its price. Obviously, at this point in time, I don't think so! That's all the advantages I can find on the Ioniq 5: a bigger and more comfortable rear, smoother steering, and friendlier kinetic energy recovery. These advantages are not enough for Iwaiq 5 to compete with Model 3, and the disadvantages of Ioniq 5 are also obvious, especially the dynamic performance is completely beaten by Model 3, the interior material is not as good as Model 3, the price difference between the two in Canada is not large, in addition to the product power, Tesla also has brand added value, combined with these factors, Ioniq 5 is currently not qualified to become Tesla's opponent.
What do I want to look forward to next?】 】
As explained above, there will be many pure electric vehicles of Hyundai Group that will be born on the E-GMP platform in the future, such as the Ioniq 6 and Ioniq 7 that are planned, and there is no doubt that I will definitely experience these cars after they are listed, but at present I have a closer outlook, that is, the other two cars that have been unveiled from the E-GMP platform.
They are the Geniseys GV60 and Kia EV6, which are almost identical to the architecture of the Ioniq 5, and I wonder if the shortcomings of the Ioniq 5 can be optimized on these cars, and whether the GV60 as a luxury car can take this architecture to another level.