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Hyundai is really no stranger to battery electric vehicles as they first debuted an all-electric i10 Prototype as early as 2009. Fast forward a few years and the Korean Automaker began selling the Hyundai Ioniq sedan in either Hybrid or all-electric guise. It essentially shared its underpinning with the Elantra. While the Ioniq sedan wasn’t a runaway success, it gave Hyundai a premise to test the waters within the battery electric vehicle space. The Kona Electric also joined Hyundai’s B.E.V lineup.
But really, it wasn’t until we saw the 45 Concept at the 2019 IAA did we realize just how serious Hyundai was about the future sustainable mobility. With the discontinuation of the Ioniq HEV sedan in 2021, Hyundai chose to adopt the Ioniq name as its dedicated sub-brand for battery electric vehicles. Enter, the Ioniq 5, Hyundai’s very first model developed as an EV from the ground up.
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