The Hyundai Ioniq 5 Makes a First Visit to Canada

Toronto, ON – It wasn’t quite a state visit, but we were in an anticipatory mood as we headed over to Hyundai Canada HQ to meet up close a pre-production version of the upcoming new 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5. Thank goodness we were there early on this horridly hot day in the Queen City (well, in Markham to be precise), as we avoided the hellish midday heat for the outdoors presentation.

Why were we as excited as Royal watchers about to get a glimpse of the Queen? Because the 45 concept on which the Ioniq 5 is based stole our and a lot of folks' hearts when it first did the rounds of auto shows in late 2019 and early 2020.

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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the first all-electric model from the new Ioniq sub-brand created by Hyundai for its future battery-electric vehicles. It is also the Korean automaker’s entry in what promises to be a ferociously fought-over category in another year’s time, that of the all-electric, non-luxury compact SUV.

By 2023, that category will see a number of major new models slugging it out to draw in buyers ready to take the leap into all-electric mobility, for instance the Volkswagen ID.4 and Ford Mustang Mach-E (both already with us), the Nissan Ariya (recently delayed, but still coming), the Kia EV6 (which we’ll also be meeting up close and in the flesh in the coming weeks), the Chevy Bolt EUV, and, a little further out on the horizon, Toyota’s bZ4X.

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