Hyundai’s next electric vehicle for the US will be the Ioniq 9, a beefy, three-row SUV that will be manufactured at the company’s factory in Georgia, Hyundai executives announced during an investor day conference this week.
It’s a sign that while other automakers continue to second-guess their EV investments amid slowing demand, the South Korean automaker is intent on growing its share of the plug-in market by introducing new vehicles in popular segments.
The Ioniq 9 will be based on the Concept Seven, which was first revealed in 2021. At that time, Hyundai said the concept would be built on the automaker’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which also underpins the Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6, Kia EV6, Kia EV9, and Genesis GV60.
The Ioniq…