00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. So Hyundai recently released this, it's called the RN22E. It's basically
00:05 an indication of where the brand's going to be heading for the IONIQ 5N and then probably
00:10 for the IONIQ 6N as well. So this is a fake car in essence, so it's not drivable, but
00:15 we will actually be driving this later on to see exactly what this technology is like
00:20 and pretty excited by that. Now, we also have reviewed today and driven the Envision 74
00:26 hydrogen concept, so if you do want to have a look at that video, the link is in the description
00:30 below. And if you haven't subscribed already, make sure you do that, but let's get started.
00:35 So let's talk about the design first. And this is obviously an IONIQ 6 beneath the skin,
00:40 Hyundai released that recently and it's definitely got some presence, but when you start tacking
00:44 on all this stuff, it really, it really is just out there. So let's talk about the front
00:49 end first. So you've got cooling across here and you'll see that theme of cooling continue
00:54 all the way down the car. And it's important because this car uses both front and rear
00:58 electric motors and that means that you do have a significant amount of cooling that
01:01 has to happen. It's not like an internal combustion car where all of your cooling elements are
01:05 at the front, this needs to be distributed across the length of the car, which is why
01:08 you'll see some interesting elements as we work our way down the back. So big intake
01:12 down the front here and you can see the N logo emblazoned in there. And if we work our
01:17 way around to the side here, I'll show you these wheels and brakes as well. Now obviously
01:22 this isn't a real car, but the production car will have 400mm rotors, four piston calipers,
01:29 so it is a pretty meaty setup. And when you think about it, these things are heavy, it's
01:32 not like an internal combustion car where you strip weight out of it and keep it as
01:35 light as possible. This is as light as possible for an EV, but with the battery size you have
01:40 to accommodate, it does tend to get pretty heavy and that's why you have to have meaty
01:44 brakes on there because regen often isn't enough to slow the thing down enough. Behind
01:49 here you'll see part of that cooling element and that continues down the side of the car
01:53 there as well. This uses Hyundai's e-GMP platform and what that means is that it's 800V architecture,
01:59 it does fast charging, you've got vehicle to load, it's a lot of tech that you won't
02:02 find on competitors in this segment. We'll work our way down the side of the car here,
02:07 so here's some of that cooling I was talking about. Behind here you've got not only the
02:10 rear electric motor, you've also got a pretty impressive setup and this is now unique to
02:15 the EV segment. When you think about things like drift mode, you can send a whole stack
02:19 of torque to the rear axle but you have to be able to, I guess, manage it and refine
02:24 it and then when it comes to torque vectoring, a single electric motor can't really do all
02:27 that work on its own, so Hyundai's come up with a twin clutch system and that can vary
02:32 between zero and 100% of torque, it can virtually act like a limited slip diff and it gives
02:36 you that drift mode but it also gives you a whole bunch of configurability on how the
02:40 car feels out of a corner as well. So we're keen to see what that's like behind the wheel,
02:44 let's whip around to the back. Have a look at this, it is just all happening back here,
02:49 we've got this enormous wing on the back and then a huge diffuser down the bottom. Obviously
02:54 EV, so no exhaust pipes down there but it is a pretty imposing look and I love the concept
03:00 of where they're going with this, so they're talking about things like sound and that's
03:04 for the outside, the inside and you can really sort of get emotive with that experience.
03:08 They're also working on shift characteristics, now electric motors, they're typically just,
03:14 you know, electric motors, they don't really do much else, but to create a simulation of
03:17 what it's like driving a car with a dual clutch gearbox. Hyundai's come up with some tech
03:21 that allows it to feel like it's shifting gears, so it's weird but it's kind of just
03:26 bridging the gap between performance, internal combustion and then EV as well. So, let's
03:32 hit the road and see what this actually feels like behind the wheel.
03:35 [Engine noise]
03:55 So I've just hit the road in the RN22E, I'll run you through the specs and stuff closer
04:00 to the end just because I want to concentrate here. We're just in the normal driving mode
04:04 at the moment and I've got to tell you, this thing is absolute rock the ship. So it has
04:12 two electric motors, one on the front axle, one on the rear axle. The rear axle uses what
04:16 is effectively a limited slip diff for electric cars and even in just this normal driving
04:23 mode, it is really playful. It feels unlike any sort of other electric car I've driven
04:29 and you can really get stuck into it. It just pins you back in the seat, it is bloody impressive.
04:37 And then it has a mode that will allow us to pull the paddle shifters and yes, paddle
04:43 shifters, I know it's a weird thing to have. It's literally simulating driving an automatic
04:50 car with a dual clutch, so it needs me to actually do the upshifts and take care of
04:56 all that stuff. It is a really weird experience. It is so interesting. It is totally bizarre,
05:04 but I actually quite like it. It's just something a little bit different. So we're in our...
05:19 Oh, that is awesome. That is so cool. So what we did there was simulated the shift with
05:28 the gear shifters here on the steering wheel. It's such a weird sensation. And on that rear
05:34 axle, they have a dual clutch setup that is basically allowing this to act as a limited
05:40 slip differential. It can vary torque on that rear axle between 0 and 100%. And then as
05:46 you flip back through the gears, you're hearing sound and feeling it pulse back as you go
05:51 through the gears. It is just something else. So that was an incredible experience. I bloody
05:58 love that.
05:59 Okay, so I want to recap that driving experience because I was trying to concentrate out there,
06:13 but that has blown me away. It is so fast. And then through corners, it is so playful
06:19 as well. And that's what I love about it. It doesn't feel like any other EV on the road,
06:22 and they've tried to engineer what you get out of the internal combustion end cars, which
06:26 is that lift-off oversteer, the playfulness that you just don't get in some other cars
06:31 in this segment. So let me run you through all the features quickly. So two electric
06:34 motors, one on the front axle, one on the rear. Front axle, 160 kilowatts, 270 kilowatts
06:39 on the rear axle. So it's a combined 430 kilowatts and 740 newton metres of torque.
06:45 So nice, healthy numbers. It's not crazy, but for a car this size, it's kind of where
06:49 it needs to be. The important thing to note as well is that the components within this
06:53 are going to be different to the Kia EV6 GT. So they will be very different cars beneath
06:57 the skin despite sharing the same platform. 77.4 kilowatt-hour battery, has 800-volt
07:03 architecture on the E-GMP platform. So that means AC charging, DC charging at full speed
07:08 and vehicle-to-load as well. 250 kilometre an hour plus top speed. Now the way they've
07:13 achieved that is by basically winding up the wick on the electric motors. That means 260
07:18 k's an hour is your theoretical top speed, which is pretty impressive for a single speed
07:22 setup, unlike the dual speed setup in the Porsche Taycan. You've got that N sound as
07:26 well, so the clip I showed you before of the exhaust revving. So I hope you enjoyed that
07:32 quick look at this absolute beast of a car. It gives us a great indication of where the
07:36 brand's heading and what the IONIQ 5 N will look like when it is finally launched. If
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07:47 a reminder, we have a video of the N-Vision 74 as well, so scroll down to the link in the
07:51 description to see that. But until next time, take it easy.
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