---
title: "Hyundai’s New Ioniq 5 Crossover Gets Over 62 Miles of Range on a 5-Minute Charge"
description: "The Ioniq 5 is the first car in Hyundai's standalone EV brand, and its real star is its fast-charging tech."
date: "2021-01-12"
modified: "2021-01-12"
authors:
  - name: "Stef Schrader"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stef-schrader"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/38693/hyundais-new-ioniq-5-crossover-gets-over-62-miles-of-range-on-a-5-minute-charge"
categories:
  - "Hyundai News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "Hyundai"
  - "Ioniq 5"
---

# Hyundai’s New Ioniq 5 Crossover Gets Over 62 Miles of Range on a 5-Minute Charge

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Hyundai announced it was spinning off its electric vehicles into a standalone brand before it was [cool](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/38675/gm-shows-off-new-brightdrop-ev-brand-250-mile-electric-delivery-van>) with the creation of the [Ioniq](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/35544/hyundai-spins-ioniq-into-standalone-ev-brand-will-release-three-new-models-starting-in-2021>) brand, and Ioniq's first vehicle is exactly what you'd expect in 2021: a midsize crossover. Hyundai [teased](<https://news.hyundaimotorgroup.com/MediaCenter/News/Press-Releases/Hyunda-Motor-Company-Teases-First-Image-of-IONIQ-5#none>) the new Ioniq 5 today with some cute videos of its new battery tech in action, one of which claims it can get over 62 miles on just five-minutes of charging.

The Ioniq 5 is based on the [Hyundai 45 Concept](<https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28943381/hyundai-45-concept-electric-future-design/>) from the 2019 Frankfurt International Motor Show, and it looks slick, with wheels and wheel arches reminiscent of a camera shutter. We've lightened a couple of the teaser images to show more of the car, but it looks fairly similar to the angular concept so far.

![message-editor%2F1610507436331-photo\_3\_ioniq\_5\_teaser\_image\_sideab.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1610507436331-photo_3_ioniq_5_teaser_image_sideab.jpg>)
**Hyundai**

The front features futuristic arrays of lights that Hyundai says were inspired by pixels. It also has a cool [clamshell hood](<https://hooniverse.com/an-ode-to-the-clamshell-hood/>) to minimize panel gaps—a feature more often found on sports cars like the BMW Z3, Aston Martin DB11 or Pontiac Solstice. It also has the largest wheels ever fitted to a Hyundai at 20 inches each, but they look proportional here.

This is the first car based on Hyundai's new [E-GMP platform](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37913/hyundais-new-ev-platform-will-underpin-23-upcoming-models-over-the-next-five-years>), which will serve as the basis for a total of 23 [new EVs](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/33111/it-is-foretold-that-the-stunning-hyundai-prophecy-concept-is-going-into-production>) over the next five years.

Hyundai wanted to show off the practicality of the Ioniq 5's EV tech, so it's starting off by demonstrating its fast-charging tech and its 3.5-kW vehicle-to-load (V2L) system in a handful of teaser videos.

https://youtube.com/embed/zQZ_l8eQfAI

https://youtube.com/embed/Cv1B76EZBIw

https://youtube.com/embed/iXS-ZHF3FNU

V2L allows the Ioniq 5 to act as one big power supply capable of powering 110- and 220-volt gadgets, which Hyundai demonstrated with a camping trip where the Ioniq 5 powers a series of ever-larger gadgets, starting with an [oven](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQZ_l8eQfAI&feature=youtu.be>), then a [home stereo system](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv1B76EZBIw&feature=youtu.be>) and finally, a full-size [treadmill](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXS-ZHF3FNU&feature=youtu.be>). All I know is, I'm not helping y'all pack that back up, but it would come in handy for actually paying attention to the action with a little TV at an endurance race. (I'm still sad about missing Sebring last year.)

Its last teaser is the most impressive for everyday use, though. Hyundai claims that the Ioniq 5 is capable of delivering over 62 miles (100 kilometers) of range on a single five-minute charge using the WLTP standard.

https://youtube.com/embed/XZcR3w0ytvs

That's pretty impressive, especially given that just a couple years ago, waiting for an plug-in car to get any usable range at all meant that you were [farting around](<https://jalopnik.com/a-week-spent-searching-for-places-to-plug-in-a-2017-for-1791189559>) by the charger for a while. If you want people to use EVs, it's got to be easy and convenient to actually charge them.

Hyundai plans to reveal the Ioniq 5 in full in February 2021.

![message-editor%2F1610509869812-photo\_2\_ioniq\_5\_teaser\_image\_rear.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1610509869812-photo_2_ioniq_5_teaser_image_rear.jpg>)
**Hyundai**

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## Author
Stef Schrader is a former senior staff writer for The Drive. She started writing about cars in 2013 after meeting Jalopnik's editor-in-chief at a race track, where Stef can be found at every available opportunity.

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