Yahoo News Hyundai's New Three-Row EV Spied Looking a Lot Like the Seven Concept
New spy photos show Hyundai's upcoming three-row electric SUV remains true to the Seven concept's design, which was first shown in 2021.
Potentially called Ioniq 7 or Ioniq 9, the new EV will share a platform with the three-row Kia EV9, suggesting their specs will be similar.
Unsurprisingly, the test mule ditches the concept's coach doors and massive glass rear hatch in favor of more traditional doors.
Hyundai's first electric three-row SUV is set to debut later this year, and we've finally caught sight of the new model testing. We're happy to report that the test mule is a faithful recreation of the Hyundai Seven concept, keeping to the overall shape and many styling cues. While the official name hasn't yet been revealed, we're calling it the Ioniq 7 for simplicity's sake.
Despite the heavy camouflage, it's pretty easy to make out the Ioniq 7's large stature and long wheelbase. The brand's unique Parametric Pixel lighting design can be seen peeking through the covering on the front of the car. The rear shows a similar arch-shaped lighting design to the concept, with lights wrapping up and around the rear end. Unsurprisingly, the coach doors and massive glass rear hatch have been left on the cutting-room floor. The test model appears to have more traditional side doors and a standard rear hatch.
The SUV shown in our spy photos offers few surprises to anyone who has been in a Hyundai in recent years. The furniture-like seating is gone, though it still looks pretty airy inside. Otherwise, things look similar to Hyundai's other EVs, with a column-mounted rotary gear selector and a massive dual-screen setup covering the flat dashboard. The screens look to use the same 12.3-inch displays that share a single glass panel, a feature found throughout Hyundai's lineup.
The new Ioniq 7 will be built on the E-GMP platform that underpins the rest of the Hyundai-Kia-Genesis EVs, including the three-row Kia EV9 SUV. That model comes with two battery sizes, a 76.1-kWh pack on the base model and a larger 99.8-kWh pack on all-wheel-drive and long-range versions. Range estimates for the EV9 currently span between 230 miles and 304 miles. The Ioniq 7 will likely feature similar variations, all of which will have an 800-volt electrical architecture that enables rapid DC fast-charging.
We'll have to wait a bit longer for Hyundai to reveal the full suite of details as well as the official name for the new EV, but the brand previously announced that the full reveal is slated for later this year. We expect pricing to be similar to the Kia, meaning the Hyundai will likely start somewhere in the $50,000 to $60,000 range.
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