The First Cut Is the Cheapest: 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Starts at $38,615
The Hyundai Ioniq electric duo have had the sort of opening day normally only seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, racking up near-universal praise and awards faster than Tony Stark can come up with a one-liner. For customers interested in Hyundai’s award-winning electric sedan, the news gets even better: For 2024, Hyundai is dropping prices across the line by as much as $4,100.
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Powertrain Specs and Range
All-new last year, the Ioniq 6 is unchanged for 2024. The entry-level trim is the SE Standard Range, which has a 53-kilowatt-hour battery pack and a single 149-horsepower electric motor on the rear axle. Hyundai also offers the SE trim with a 77.4-kWh battery, which comes standard on the SEL and Limited variants. All Ioniq 6s with the larger battery are available either with a single 225-hp electric motor for rear-wheel drive or with an additional motor on the front axle that bumps output to 320 hp and adds all-wheel drive.
The Standard Range car has an EPA-estimated range of 240 miles, and the big-battery variants show just how much the added weight of larger wheels and tires impacts efficiency. With the SE trim level’s 18-inch wheels, the rear-drive Ioniq 6 has a 361-mile range, but that drops to 305 with the SEL and Limited’s 20-inch rollers. With AWD, the SE gets 316 miles on the 18s and 270 miles with the 20s.
Standard Safety Shield
Like a Dr. Strange force field, a full complement of safety gear protects every Ioniq 6 and its occupants. Standard systems include forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and the ability to scan for dangers during left turns, active lane-centering steering assist, blind spot monitors, rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise control, and front and rear parking sensors.
On the SEL trim, the blind spot monitoring system gets updated with automatic steering to prevent the driver from making poorly timed lane changes, and the lane-centering system has the ability to make automatic lane changes once the driver hits the turn-signal stalk. To this, the Limited adds a 360-degree parking camera system, blind spot cameras that project a feed into the instrument cluster when the turn-signal stalk is activated and automated parking.
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Availability and Pricing
The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is due to go on sale in the near future. Full line pricing, including $1,115 for delivery, is as follows. RWD is standard; AWD adds $3,500 to all variants except the SE Standard Range trim, which is RWD only.
- SE Standard Range: $38,615
- SE: $43,565
- SEL: $46,365
- Limited: $51,265
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