In case you have been following the electrical car market lately, you’re in all probability conscious that Hyundai and Kia have been knocking it out of the park with their newest releases. Not just for creating environment friendly, reasonably priced electrical automobiles for on a regular basis driving eventualities. They’ve additionally made main strides in efficiency EVs with the Kia EV6 GT and Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, with extra high-end fashions on the best way like the brand new EV9 GT.
So when you’re trying to embarrass your native Camaro and Mustang drivers, the EV6 GT and Ioniq 5 N are each nice contenders. However which one is the true efficiency king? The YouTube channel Edmunds Automobiles solutions that query definitively with their ‘U-Drag Race’ the place every automotive competes in 1 / 4 mile drag race earlier than braking, making a u-turn, and sprinting again to the beginning line.
Till now, the EV6 GT has been undefeated. However the just lately launched Ioniq 5 N is the primary EV to offer an actual problem.
What Is Powering The EV6 GT And Ioniq 5 N?
The EV6 GT is a dual-motor AWD mannequin weighing in at 4,811 lbs and has immediate entry to 576 hp and 545 lb-ft of torque. The Ioniq 5 N can also be dual-motor AWD with an identical 4,871 lbs weight, sporting 601 hp and 545 lb-ft of torque. These sibling automobiles are comparable in measurement and are constructed on the identical car platform.
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For this race, the Ioniq 5 N is about in a customized mode with Launch Management enabled, Motor, Steering, and e-LSD set to Sport+ with the suspension set to Sport and stability management disabled. N-Grin Increase mode was initially disabled on the Ioniq 5 N. You’ve gotta give the Kia a combating probability in spite of everything since on paper, it’s at a reasonably clear drawback. The EV6 GT is about to GT mode which engages all the sport settings and disengages stability management. Most Energy Output mode can also be enabled.
Within the first race, the EV siblings have been working neck-and-neck proper off the road. However as they approached the 1/4 mile marker, the additional energy of the Hyundai started to indicate. By the point each automobiles crossed the end line, the Ioniq 5 N had pulled far-off from the EV6 GT.
For the second race, the drivers switched automobiles to make sure the win was not a fluke or as a consequence of driver error. As soon as once more, the Ioniq 5 pulls far forward on the finish of the quarter mile and by no means seems again. After the win was assured, the motive force lastly activated the N-Grin Increase mode for the ending dash, which gave the automotive entry to much more energy because it rocketed in direction of the end.
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The Ioniq 5 N reached 60 in simply 3.5 seconds with the EV6 GT accelerating in 3.52 seconds. One of the best time for the Ioniq 5 N on the quarter mile was 11.2 seconds reaching a prime pace of 123.6 mph. The EV6 GT accomplished the quarter mile in a nonetheless spectacular 11.5 seconds, hitting a prime pace of 120.3 mph. On cornering, the EV6 pulled 1.08 G in comparison with the Ioniq 6 N’s 1.06 G.
For the entire occasion, the Ioniq 5 N’s successful time was 33.2 seconds, besting the EV6 GT with 34.0 seconds. This places the Ioniq 5 N in twelfth place on Edmunds U-Drag leaderboard, simply behind the Lucid Air Grand Touring and forward of the Corvette Stingray and Bentley Continental GT.
Edmonds says that regardless of the scale and weight, the Ioniq 5 N could be very agile, remaining managed on the flip and instantly rocketing ahead on the ultimate dash. The EV6 GT remains to be fast nevertheless, with the crew describing it as a “sleeper” that may outperform most automobiles on the highway and nonetheless go the “important different” take a look at. For extra particulars and to see these beasts in motion, make sure you watch the total video above.
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