{"id":1205241,"date":"2023-11-21T18:01:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T23:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205241"},"modified":"2023-11-21T18:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T23:01:21","slug":"after-driving-the-hyundai-ioniq-5-n-i-finally-get-ev-engine-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205241","title":{"rendered":"After driving the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, I finally get EV \u201cengine\u201d sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/72-dynamic-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"A Hyundai Ioniq 5 N on the road\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/72-dynamic-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1706\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The regular Hyundai Ioniq 5 is one of our favorite EVs. Now there&#8217;s a hot hatch variant, and it&#8217;s great. (credit: Hyundai)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<aside>Hyundai provided flights and accommodation from Los Angeles to Seoul for Steve to drive the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.<\/aside>\n<p>SEOUL, South Korea\u2014EV drivers either seem to love or hate the fake powertrain sounds that accompany their cars. Some fully embrace the spaceship or video-game-like noises, while others can&#8217;t turn them off fast enough. I&#8217;m firmly in the latter group, long believing that the best thing about an EV is its dead-silent operation. Or, at least, I was until I drove the new Hyundai Ioniq 5 N earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>When you put the Ioniq 5 in N mode, it calls up a few different sound profiles\u2014everything from your typical spaceship-y wooh-ahh tones to something attempting to re-create the aural quality of a turbocharged hot hatch. I say \u201cattempting\u201d because, well, none of the soundtracks are particularly good or high-quality. I&#8217;ve heard better stuff in <em>Gran Turismo<\/em>. Like, the first <em>Gran Turismo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, when you activate N mode, the 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster also displays a tachometer in the middle, complete with a needle that rests at an imaginary idle. The regenerative braking paddles mounted to the steering wheel suddenly become gear shifters, and the sound of the &#8220;engine&#8221; rises and lowers as you move through each &#8220;gear.&#8221; (Read all these as air quotes\u2014it helps.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985728#p3\">Read 8 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985728&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1985728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After driving the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, I finally get EV \u201cengine\u201d sounds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ The regular Hyundai Ioniq 5 is one of our favorite EVs. Now there&#8217;s a hot hatch variant, and it&#8217;s great. 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