Hyundai RN22e (Ioniq 6 N) first drive review! Drift mode, dual-clutch & exhaust sound!!

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THIS is the new Hyundai Ioniq 6 N. It has a dual-clutch differential at the rear, it has drift mode and it even has an exhaust sound that can be programmed! Paul Maric gets behind the wheel and drives one of two prototype cars in the world!   Hyundai N Vision 74 review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkBU_suZiY0  More Hyundai content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/hyundai More Hyundai Ioniq 6 content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/hyundai/ioniq-6  Skip Ahead: Intro: 00:00 Exterior 00:35 Driving 03:35 Sound 05:58 Closer 06:11  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric  #hyundai #ioniq6 #review #rn22e

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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. So Hyundai recently released this, it's called the RN22E. It's basically

00:05 an indication of where the brand's going to be heading for the IONIQ 5N and then probably

00:10 for the IONIQ 6N as well. So this is a fake car in essence, so it's not drivable, but

00:15 we will actually be driving this later on to see exactly what this technology is like

00:20 and pretty excited by that. Now, we also have reviewed today and driven the Envision 74

00:26 hydrogen concept, so if you do want to have a look at that video, the link is in the description

00:30 below. And if you haven't subscribed already, make sure you do that, but let's get started.

00:35 So let's talk about the design first. And this is obviously an IONIQ 6 beneath the skin,

00:40 Hyundai released that recently and it's definitely got some presence, but when you start tacking

00:44 on all this stuff, it really, it really is just out there. So let's talk about the front

00:49 end first. So you've got cooling across here and you'll see that theme of cooling continue

00:54 all the way down the car. And it's important because this car uses both front and rear

00:58 electric motors and that means that you do have a significant amount of cooling that

01:01 has to happen. It's not like an internal combustion car where all of your cooling elements are

01:05 at the front, this needs to be distributed across the length of the car, which is why

01:08 you'll see some interesting elements as we work our way down the back. So big intake

01:12 down the front here and you can see the N logo emblazoned in there. And if we work our

01:17 way around to the side here, I'll show you these wheels and brakes as well. Now obviously

01:22 this isn't a real car, but the production car will have 400mm rotors, four piston calipers,

01:29 so it is a pretty meaty setup. And when you think about it, these things are heavy, it's

01:32 not like an internal combustion car where you strip weight out of it and keep it as

01:35 light as possible. This is as light as possible for an EV, but with the battery size you have

01:40 to accommodate, it does tend to get pretty heavy and that's why you have to have meaty

01:44 brakes on there because regen often isn't enough to slow the thing down enough. Behind

01:49 here you'll see part of that cooling element and that continues down the side of the car

01:53 there as well. This uses Hyundai's e-GMP platform and what that means is that it's 800V architecture,

01:59 it does fast charging, you've got vehicle to load, it's a lot of tech that you won't

02:02 find on competitors in this segment. We'll work our way down the side of the car here,

02:07 so here's some of that cooling I was talking about. Behind here you've got not only the

02:10 rear electric motor, you've also got a pretty impressive setup and this is now unique to

02:15 the EV segment. When you think about things like drift mode, you can send a whole stack

02:19 of torque to the rear axle but you have to be able to, I guess, manage it and refine

02:24 it and then when it comes to torque vectoring, a single electric motor can't really do all

02:27 that work on its own, so Hyundai's come up with a twin clutch system and that can vary

02:32 between zero and 100% of torque, it can virtually act like a limited slip diff and it gives

02:36 you that drift mode but it also gives you a whole bunch of configurability on how the

02:40 car feels out of a corner as well. So we're keen to see what that's like behind the wheel,

02:44 let's whip around to the back. Have a look at this, it is just all happening back here,

02:49 we've got this enormous wing on the back and then a huge diffuser down the bottom. Obviously

02:54 EV, so no exhaust pipes down there but it is a pretty imposing look and I love the concept

03:00 of where they're going with this, so they're talking about things like sound and that's

03:04 for the outside, the inside and you can really sort of get emotive with that experience.

03:08 They're also working on shift characteristics, now electric motors, they're typically just,

03:14 you know, electric motors, they don't really do much else, but to create a simulation of

03:17 what it's like driving a car with a dual clutch gearbox. Hyundai's come up with some tech

03:21 that allows it to feel like it's shifting gears, so it's weird but it's kind of just

03:26 bridging the gap between performance, internal combustion and then EV as well. So, let's

03:32 hit the road and see what this actually feels like behind the wheel.

03:35 [Engine noise]

03:55 So I've just hit the road in the RN22E, I'll run you through the specs and stuff closer

04:00 to the end just because I want to concentrate here. We're just in the normal driving mode

04:04 at the moment and I've got to tell you, this thing is absolute rock the ship. So it has

04:12 two electric motors, one on the front axle, one on the rear axle. The rear axle uses what

04:16 is effectively a limited slip diff for electric cars and even in just this normal driving

04:23 mode, it is really playful. It feels unlike any sort of other electric car I've driven

04:29 and you can really get stuck into it. It just pins you back in the seat, it is bloody impressive.

04:37 And then it has a mode that will allow us to pull the paddle shifters and yes, paddle

04:43 shifters, I know it's a weird thing to have. It's literally simulating driving an automatic

04:50 car with a dual clutch, so it needs me to actually do the upshifts and take care of

04:56 all that stuff. It is a really weird experience. It is so interesting. It is totally bizarre,

05:04 but I actually quite like it. It's just something a little bit different. So we're in our...

05:19 Oh, that is awesome. That is so cool. So what we did there was simulated the shift with

05:28 the gear shifters here on the steering wheel. It's such a weird sensation. And on that rear

05:34 axle, they have a dual clutch setup that is basically allowing this to act as a limited

05:40 slip differential. It can vary torque on that rear axle between 0 and 100%. And then as

05:46 you flip back through the gears, you're hearing sound and feeling it pulse back as you go

05:51 through the gears. It is just something else. So that was an incredible experience. I bloody

05:58 love that.

05:59 Okay, so I want to recap that driving experience because I was trying to concentrate out there,

06:13 but that has blown me away. It is so fast. And then through corners, it is so playful

06:19 as well. And that's what I love about it. It doesn't feel like any other EV on the road,

06:22 and they've tried to engineer what you get out of the internal combustion end cars, which

06:26 is that lift-off oversteer, the playfulness that you just don't get in some other cars

06:31 in this segment. So let me run you through all the features quickly. So two electric

06:34 motors, one on the front axle, one on the rear. Front axle, 160 kilowatts, 270 kilowatts

06:39 on the rear axle. So it's a combined 430 kilowatts and 740 newton metres of torque.

06:45 So nice, healthy numbers. It's not crazy, but for a car this size, it's kind of where

06:49 it needs to be. The important thing to note as well is that the components within this

06:53 are going to be different to the Kia EV6 GT. So they will be very different cars beneath

06:57 the skin despite sharing the same platform. 77.4 kilowatt-hour battery, has 800-volt

07:03 architecture on the E-GMP platform. So that means AC charging, DC charging at full speed

07:08 and vehicle-to-load as well. 250 kilometre an hour plus top speed. Now the way they've

07:13 achieved that is by basically winding up the wick on the electric motors. That means 260

07:18 k's an hour is your theoretical top speed, which is pretty impressive for a single speed

07:22 setup, unlike the dual speed setup in the Porsche Taycan. You've got that N sound as

07:26 well, so the clip I showed you before of the exhaust revving. So I hope you enjoyed that

07:32 quick look at this absolute beast of a car. It gives us a great indication of where the

07:36 brand's heading and what the IONIQ 5 N will look like when it is finally launched. If

07:40 you did enjoy this video, please make sure you like it and you share it with your mates.

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07:47 a reminder, we have a video of the N-Vision 74 as well, so scroll down to the link in the

07:51 description to see that. But until next time, take it easy.

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