In case you have been following the electrical car market in recent times, you’re most likely 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 vehicles 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 should 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 be dual-motor AWD with an identical 4,871 lbs weight, sporting 601 hp and 545 lb-ft of torque. These sibling autos are related in dimension and are constructed on the identical car platform.
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For this race, the Ioniq 5 N is ready 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 Enhance mode was initially disabled on the Ioniq 5 N. You’ve gotta give the Kia a preventing probability in any case since on paper, it’s at a fairly clear drawback. The EV6 GT is ready to GT mode which engages all the sport settings and disengages stability management. Most Energy Output mode can 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 point out. By the point each vehicles crossed the end line, the Ioniq 5 N had pulled far-off from the EV6 GT.
For the second race, the drivers switched autos 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 Enhance mode for the ending dash, which gave the automotive entry to much more energy because it rocketed in the 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 high velocity of 123.6 mph. The EV6 GT accomplished the quarter mile in a nonetheless spectacular 11.5 seconds, hitting a high velocity 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 whole occasion, the Ioniq 5 N’s profitable 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 continues to be fast nevertheless, with the group describing it as a “sleeper” that may outperform most vehicles on the highway and nonetheless cross the “vital different” check. For extra particulars and to see these beasts in motion, remember to watch the total video above.
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