The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N has the cure for electric-car boredom.
Welcome to the fourth installment of our annual test of new electric vehicles. The intent of this contest is to keep you in the know on the latest advancements as EVs approach the practicality of gas cars. To determine a winner, we put each EV through a battery of objective and subjective tests and then vote. After the arguments end, the ballots are read, and the smoke clears, the EV of the Year emerges. This year 18 electrics were on hand, but only one deserves the title EV of the Year.
Schumacher. Vettel. Hamilton. Chestnut. Ioniq. They’re all dynasties, though when we started this award honoring the best in electrification back in 2021, we might have set some different ground rules had we known Hyundai would three-peat with variants of the same machine. Unlike the consumer-grade Ioniq 5 (2022 EV of the Year) and Ioniq 6 (2023), this year’s winner, the Ioniq 5 N, delivers a genuine enthusiast experience with an electric vehicle that can hit you in the feels like a 1980s G-body Porsche 911 Club Sport.
Electric vehicles excel in accel, but their mass is typically massive, and their general lack of emotion—no stirring noises, vibration, feedback, or torque interruption—can leave you as numb as a laudanum martini. Gather a bunch of them as we did for this year’s competition, and EV ennui sets in.
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