Hyundai’s retro N Imaginative and prescient 74 stays only a idea for now, however there’s a recent indication it has a future within the model’s showrooms.
Person estang on the 7thMustang discussion board discovered a trademark utility with the European Union Mental Property Workplace for a ‘Hyundai N74’.
This means Hyundai may very well be placing the 2022 idea into manufacturing sooner or later, regardless of firm executives claiming the venture is cancelled.
In Could 2023, Derek Joyce, senior supervisor of product and superior powertrain PR for Hyundai Motor Firm America, instructed Carscoops that “We’re conscious of media speculations on the potential business manufacturing of the N Imaginative and prescient 74 rolling lab improvement mannequin.”
“Nonetheless, we presently haven’t any plan to place the mannequin into business manufacturing.”
Since then nonetheless, Hyundai N vp Until Wartenberg instructed CarExpert he personally needs to see “that automobile within the close to future on the road”. He added, nonetheless, “it wants loads of dialogue”.
“It must have and meet sure standards to make it doable,” stated Mr Wartenberg.
The Hyundai N Imaginative and prescient 74 rolling lab idea is an electrical sports activities automobile that contains a hydrogen gasoline stack serving as a spread extender, and is impressed by the Hyundai Pony Coupe idea from 1974.
The N Imaginative and prescient 74 was first revealed in July final 12 months, alongside the RN22e rolling lab idea that was dressed up as an Ioniq 6 and knowledgeable what finally turned the not too long ago revealed Ioniq 5 N.
It has twin, rear-mounted electrical motors producing over 500kW of energy and over 900Nm of torque, together with a hydrogen gasoline stack producing a most of 95kW to cost the battery.
Prime pace is claimed to be over 250km/h.
There’s a 62.4kWh battery able to 800W fast-charging, and a 4.2kg hydrogen tank that may be refuelled in 5 minutes.
Hyundai claims the N Imaginative and prescient 74 idea’s driving vary is over 600km.
Ought to the N Imaginative and prescient 74 idea attain manufacturing, it’s doable it may ditch the hydrogen vary extender for a modified model of the Ioniq 5 N’s electrical powertrain.
The Ioniq 5 N contains a dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain that produces complete system outputs of 448kW of energy and 740Nm of torque.
It’s powered by an 84kWh battery pack, the most important Hyundai has ever provided in an electrical car.
The Ioniq 5 N additionally has an ‘N Grin Enhance’ (NGB) perform that ups the outputs to 478kW and 770Nm for 10 seconds.
That is 48kW and 30Nm greater than the associated Kia EV6 GT, and 239kW and 165Nm greater than the dual-motor model of the common Ioniq 5.
Hyundai claims the Ioniq 5 N can do the 0-100km/h dash in 3.4 seconds when utilizing the NGB perform, and flat out you’ll be doing 260km/h.
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