Facelifted 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Gets New Looks, Larger Battery

The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 has made its debut, giving this award-winning compact electric crossover SUV an enhanced design, longer range, and improved usability. Apart from the mild aesthetic upgrades, the new Ioniq 5 also now comes in an N Line variant that inherits some of the sporty flair of the high-performance Ioniq 5 N.

First and foremost, let’s start with the design. The aesthetic upgrades are very minor as these are limited to a new front bumper with a slightly enlarged front air intake, new 20-inch wheel designs in an aerodynamic five-spoke finish, and a new rear bumper. Finally, Hyundai has also decided to bring back the rear wiper for the Ioniq 5–a feature that it has deleted before for aesthetic purposes. Finally, the rear tailgate spoiler has been extended by 50 mm.

As for the interior, the overall design has remained the same, though the two 12.3-inch screens are now housed in a black bezel. There is also a new set of physical controls that were added in the sliding center console for easy access to features such as the heated and cooled seats, heated steering, and parking assist. These features used to be buried in the car’s infotaiment system.

Speaking of the infotainment system, it’s now running a new operating system called connected car Navigation Cockpit (ccNC), which is what now powers cars like the EV9, Ioniq 5 N, and new Kona, just to name a few. The interface design is simpler and easier to interact with, and it still comes with the usual Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring features. Everything else that’s new in the 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 includes the new “interactive pixel lights” in the steering, and the wireless charging pad that’s been relocated to the top of the console.

Moving towards the new Ioniq 5 N Line, this variant comes with sportier front and rear bumpers, N Line badging, and a checkered flag pattern on the LED accent lights below the black panel strip hiding the car’s sensors. It also gets unique 20-inch wheels, sports seats, steel pedals, black headlining, red stitching, and a sporty steering wheel. Hyundai also talks about a “dynamic driving experience”, so we’re assuming that the N Line also comes with a few chassis upgrades to make the car slightly sportier to drive.

Perhaps the most significant upgrade to the Ioniq 5 is its battery pack, which is now the 84 kWh pack that the high-performance Ioniq 5 N uses. This replaces the 77.4 kWh battery of the previous model, though its WLTP range has yet to be determined. For perspective, the current Ioniq 5 Long Range with the 20-inch wheels in the Philippine market has a WLTP-rated range of 451 kilometers.

Apart from the bigger battery, improvements were also made to the car’s body structure, such as the tweaked shocks, the more rigid cowl crossbar, and increased reinforcements at the underbody of the rear wheels. B-pillar reinforcements should also help in side collision protection, while the increased amount of sound insulation–particularly in the rear-mounted electric motor, should improve the car’s overall refinement.

The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 will first go on sale in South Korea in March 2024, while the rest of the world will get the new Ioniq 5 within the year.