Hyundai Ioniq 9: The 3-Row Family EV With A Tesla Plug!

The three-row electric SUV launches in early 2025 with up to 335 miles of EPA range and a Tesla plug.

If you’ve been hunting for an electric three-row SUV but never loved any of the choices available, you’re not alone. That massively popular segment has historically lacked practical, accessible options that are also battery-powered. There’s no electric equivalent to the Toyota Highlander or Honda Pilot.

The situation is improving, largely thanks to the Hyundai Motor Group. Its Kia brand launched the EV9—a favorite around here—late last year. Now Hyundai is following up that home run with the Ioniq 9, the newest and largest addition to its acclaimed Ioniq family of EVs.

The Ioniq 9 builds on what makes its smaller siblings great: long ranges, fast charging and head-turning design. It’s just all in a bigger package that, for better or worse, American families increasingly crave.

Hyundai is targeting an Environmental Protection Agency range rating of up to 335 miles, which is well above average and sure to dampen some buyers’ range anxiety. Even more impressively, the brand says that no matter what Ioniq 9 trim you buy, it’ll be rated for at least 300 miles. The same can’t be said of its cousin, the EV9, which is good for anywhere from 230 to 304 miles, depending on the trim.

Much of that has to do with the Ioniq 9’s 110.3 kilowatt-hour, nickel-cobalt-manganese battery, which is about 10% larger than the largest pack available in the EV9. Long range and super-fast charging is a winning combination, and that’s just what the Ioniq 9 serves up. Hyundai says the 9 will be able to recharge from 10%-80% in 24 minutes on a sufficiently powerful plug, thanks to its 800-volt architecture. And it comes from the factory with Tesla’s plug design, the North American Charging Standard. So owners will be able to plug in at some 17,000 Tesla Superchargers without needing to use an adapter.

Every major automaker is switching over from the Combined Charging System, the current standard, to NACS, but Hyundai is ahead of the curve. Other automakers are still putting out new models with the old charging port, necessitating the use of a dongle at Superchargers.

Hyundai isn’t sharing the exact trim and feature breakdown for the U.S. quite yet. That’ll happen closer to the Ioniq 9’s on-sale date. But we do know there will be three powertrain options on offer. The Long-Range RWD is the range champion, while the Performance AWD is the quickest. The AWD Long Range fits in the middle.

We Checked Out The Hyundai Ioniq 9
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