Hyundai’s Retro-Cool Ioniq 5 EV, Tesla Drops Radar in Model 3 and Y, and Rolls-Royce Built a Boat-Themed Car
The week in car news
EVs had another big week in the news with Hyundai hitting all the retro feels with more photos and details about its upcoming Ioniq 5, Tesla is removing radar from cars for some weird reason while turning on driver monitoring, Rolls-Royce built a car that looks like a boat because rich people are weird, and Bugatti pitted one of its supercars against a jet. Did I mention rich people are weird?
I Legend-of-Zelda heart Hyundai’s Ioniq 5
Ok, it’s important to be objective here. Also, it’s important that I hide my wallet and cut off access to my 401k because I’m smitten with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV. Sure we’ve seen it before but now we have more pictures and actual details.
Based on the Hyundai Motor Group’s E-GMP (Electric-Global Modular Platform) architecture, it’s the first EV from the automaker built on a dedicated platform. The same platform that’ll be used for the upcoming Kia EV6.
Millennials and Gen Z might not remember this, but there was a time before SUVs when hatchbacks, coupes, and sedans ruled the earth. Then like the asteroid (or was it a meteorite?) that crashed into the Earth and destroyed…
