The Hyundai IONIQ 5 Cuts a Serious Case for an All-Electric Future
The all-electric Hyundai IONIQ 5's design is so sharp, it's prone to give you a paper cut.
Korean automotive brand Hyundai’s 45 Concept made waves back in 2019 at the Frankfurt Motor Show for the vehicle’s linear crispness accompanied alongside the aspirational promises of an all-electric future. Fast forward to 2021 and the automotive brand has somehow kept the ?Sensuous Sportiness? of the monocoque-style body and a futuristic interior mostly intact in the form of the IONIQ 5.
The original 45 Concept was conceived as a spiritual tribute to one Hyundai?s most notable designs, the Pony Coupe Concept, an origami-like expression of sheet metal designed by an Italian designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro. The IONIQ 5 arrives as the first of a trio of fully electric vehicles sporting the sub-branded IONIQ name, a minimalist realization of Giugiaro’s ahead of its time vision. From its grill-less front down to its creased retro-futurism, the silhouette sings “concept”.
An expanse of solar panels stretches across the IONIQ 5’s roof, capable of harnessing up to 3.6 kilowatts of power from sunlight.Â
Yet, the IONIQ 5’s all-electric SUV’s futuristic good looks aren’t merely skin deep, revealing an interior as forward-reaching as its angular exterior expresses (let us hope those edgy kaleidoscope wheels make it to market), an airy cabin made possible by Hyundai’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP).
All that extra spa...
Korean automotive brand Hyundai’s 45 Concept made waves back in 2019 at the Frankfurt Motor Show for the vehicle’s linear crispness accompanied alongside the aspirational promises of an all-electric future. Fast forward to 2021 and the automotive brand has somehow kept the ?Sensuous Sportiness? of the monocoque-style body and a futuristic interior mostly intact in the form of the IONIQ 5.
The original 45 Concept was conceived as a spiritual tribute to one Hyundai?s most notable designs, the Pony Coupe Concept, an origami-like expression of sheet metal designed by an Italian designer, Giorgetto Giugiaro. The IONIQ 5 arrives as the first of a trio of fully electric vehicles sporting the sub-branded IONIQ name, a minimalist realization of Giugiaro’s ahead of its time vision. From its grill-less front down to its creased retro-futurism, the silhouette sings “concept”.
An expanse of solar panels stretches across the IONIQ 5’s roof, capable of harnessing up to 3.6 kilowatts of power from sunlight.Â
Yet, the IONIQ 5’s all-electric SUV’s futuristic good looks aren’t merely skin deep, revealing an interior as forward-reaching as its angular exterior expresses (let us hope those edgy kaleidoscope wheels make it to market), an airy cabin made possible by Hyundai’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP).
All that extra spa...
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