Hyundai’s 2017 Ioniq Electric May Get Half the Range of Chevy Bolt

Hyundai’s 2017 Ioniq Electric May Get Half the Range of Chevy Bolt https://t.co/OVWlTRImYW

When released later this year, Hyundai’s Ioniq Electric could offer about the same low-100-mile range as a present-generation Nissan Leaf and half that of the 2017 Chevy Bolt. Reports now circulating that Hyundai’s newest EV will get 155 miles range may not notice that “155” (250 km) is not a U.S. EPA number, and the detail to focus on is the kilowatt-hour capacity of the Ioniq’s lithium-polymer battery. This is just 28 kilowatt-hours and is 2-kwh smaller than a 2016 Nissan Leaf’s uprated 30-kwh battery, or 32-kwh smaller than a 2017 Chevy Bolt’s 60 kilowatt-hour pack. Electric version with blocked off grille. The shared platform reduced costs through volume production across three powertrain options. Exactly what the mission in the marketplace is for the EV from Korea being previewed this week in advance of it showing early March in Geneva has not been fully stated. A ran...

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