Ioniq 5 interior previewed

Teaser campaign continues for model also caught testing in Australia.

FRESH images – official and otherwise – are emerging of the Ioniq 5, first of a dedicated all-electric series from Hyundai under the Ioniq name.

As part of a planned teaser build-up to a global reveal of the whole car, set to occur on February 23, the Hyundai has sent out an image giving a peek of the five-door model’s interior.

Meantime, a charging network provider in Australia has also pitched in, by sharing images (below) of a disguised Ioniq 5 replenishing. 

Tritium says the car was hooked up to its new 75kW RTM75 charger at its headquarters in Brisbane. 

It’s just the latest image of the Ioniq 5 being caught undergoing pre-release trials in Australia by its maker. Others emerged last month.

Hyundai itself has only sent out darkened teaser images revealing the car’s general shape, and the head and tail-light designs.

Even that has been enough to fuel speculation that the production model is set to be all but a dead-ringer for the South Korean carmaker’s “45” concept that was shown off to the world several years ago, not just in shape but also jacked-up general quasi-sports utility stance.

Hyundai New Zealand has indicated the Ioniq 5 will be on sale here, but has stopped short of fuelling thought that it might land around July or August, to join the Hyundai Kona and Hyundai Ioniq electric cars.

There will be more Ioniq models to follow under the new 'sub brand' that sits alongside Hyundai’s N-badged models as being more special than the make’s standard fare. 

In 2022, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 electric sedan will make its world debut, based on another Hyundai concept, the Prophecy. Further out there will be a Ioniq 7 electric large SUV. And then? Mystery, but the company says will usher in 23 battery-electric vehicles by 2025. 

All next-generation Ioniq models ride on a new Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), setting them apart from Kona EV and the current Ioniq hatch that provisions in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric forms.

That architecture will allow for high-speed charging capability and "plentiful" driving range – although neither of Hyundai's existing EVs disappoint in that respect.

When Hyundai revealed the ‘45’, it talked up the concept’s cabin as being a "smart living space.” That descriptive was used again in conjunction with today’s official image.

The design study was innovative, with highly adjustable seats, wireless connectivity – and a glove box space designed as a set of drawers.

Hyundai Motor Group – which encompasses the Hyundai and Kia brands, plus the upmarket Genesis marque that is not represented here, aims to sell 560,000 battery electric vehicles in 2025 – with its eyes set on becoming the world's third-largest maker of "eco-friendly vehicles". That count will also include hydrogen fuel cell cars.