When we got an opportunity to drive the Ioniq and sample some of Hyundai’s next gen technologies, we jumped at it and were pleasantly surprised.
Hyundai Motor India had announced that it would have the Ioniq Hybrid at the 2018 Auto Expo as a precursor to its launch in the country. But given the current tax scenario with the implementation of GST, we do not think any manufacturer will be in a hurry to launch hybrids in the country. However with the government’s ambitious targets for electric cars and also with Tesla negotiating with the government to launch fully electric cars in the country, the scenario for fully electric cars does seem brighter and depending on the incentives and duties prevalent at the time and the government’s commitment towards providing infrastructure for fully electric cars, Hyundai may very well choose the electric version of the Ioniq for India.
It was with this background that when we got the opportunity to drive one of the three Ioniqs available in Europe that we chose the all-electric one and as luck would have it, we got the car in the coastal town of Klaipeda on the Baltic sea to the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. And as we wanted to do some photography on the way, we planned a route that was about 400km long, with planned stops for lunch as well as an early dinner.
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Big Wing Energy
TVS Motor Company has launched an updated version of the Apache RR 310, which promises to deliver not only more power and torque than before but also more bang for your buck. We recently went down to the COASTT high-performance track to test the theory
All gas All go
Tata Motors' CNG portfolio now includes the Nexon, and this might be a turning point in the way that CNG cars are perceived
Royal Blessings
We get behind the wheel of the Hyundai Exter to explore one of the most well-preserved Mughal Empire sites in our country. Curious?
Generation next
The 4th-gen of the BMW X3 has made its global debut and we were in the brand's hometown of Munich to drive the car before its European debut this year. The same will be launched in India next year
Electrified palace on wheels
Mercedes-Benz has launched the EQS SUV which is nothing short of being a palace. The other positive is that this palace is as green as it can get
Achtung! CXOs
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class LWB is back in a new generation, V214 and this time, the three-pointed stars have showcased how they use their understanding of what their customer needs to be the best-selling luxury brand in the country, year after year
Moving page 3s
The Kia Carnival is here in a facelifted avatar of the second generation (that we skipped in India), but this time, it is priced almost double the previous iteration. Does it have enough to make the price premium worth it? Read on to find out
Successore dei LaFerrari
FERRARI HAS revealed the F80, which is the successor to the LaFerrari, that made up one of the three cars in the Holy Trinity.
McLaren initiates the new trinity
MCLAREN WAS the first of the high-performance brands to reveal a weaponised hybrid system in a supercar with the P1, which became one of the three hybrids known as the Holy Trinity, with the other two being the Ferrari LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder.
Dzire creates history at GNCAP for Maruti Suzuki
MARUTI SUZUKI DZIRE has scored five stars in the Global NCAP crash tests, making it the first car from the company to achieve this feat.
