2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 named Car and Driver's EV of the Year

CAR AND DRIVER RELEASED ITS THIRD ANNUAL EV OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND THE RESULTS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU IT'S NOT A TESLA TESLA MODELS WEREN'T EVEN IN THE RUNNING THIS YEAR. THE COMPETITION ONLY TESTS NEW OR SIGNIFICANTLY UPDATED VEHICLES, AND THIS YEAR'S WINNER IS -- THE 2023 HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 SO WHAT SETS THE IONIQ 6 APART FROM THE REST. JOINING ME NOW IS TONY KEROGA. >> THANKS

FOR HAVING ME, CONTESSA THE AWARD TWICE IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS. IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR THEM WHAT DID SET IT APART? >> AFFORDABILITY IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE LOOK AT WE LOOK AT VALUE WE LOOK AT ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY. WE LOOK AT MISSION FULFILLMENT AND CARS THAT ARE FUN TO DRIVE, AND THE IONIQ 6 NAILED THOSE ELEMENTS THERE'S A MODEL THAT COSTS AROUND $45,000 THAT HAS

AN EPA RANGE OF 361 MILES IT'S A FANTASTIC CAR TO DRIVE. EVEN THOUGH SEDANS ARE SORT OF OUT OF FASHION, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SEDAN AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND COOL LOOKING THINGS REALLY NEVER GO OUT OF FASHION. AND AS WE SEE IT, IT'S SORT OF A REAL, REAL COMPETITOR TO THE TESLA MODEL 3. >> WHAT DID -- OR I SHOULD SAY HOW DID THE MODEL CHANGE FROM

WHEN IT WON LAST YEAR? >> SO THE HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 IS WHAT WON LAST YEAR THAT'S AN SUV, TWO BOX SHAPE HATCHBACK, BUT IT SHARES A LOT WITH THE IONIQ 6 BATTERY IS SHARED, THE MOTORS ARE SHARED BUT WHAT YOU GET IN THE IONIQ 6 IS A SLIGHTLY MORE AERODYNAMIC SHAPE THAT THEN BOOSTS THINGS LIKE RANGE AND THEY BOTH SHARE THE INCREDIBLE 800 VOLT CHARGING SYSTEM

THAT THESE CARS HAVE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DC CHARGE VERY QUICK WILL IN OUR TESTING WE GOT IT TO GO FROM 10% CHARGE TO 90% CHARGE IN ABOUT 27 MINUTES. >> WOW >> YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK THAT HYUNDAI HAS ITS WORK CUT OUT FOR IT IN TERMS OF MARKETING ITS EV MUSCLE AFTER ALL, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EVs, IT'S STILL TESLA'S TOP OF MIND >>

IT IS BUT THERE ARE SO MANY NEW MODELS COMING OUT TO CHALLENGE TESLA, AND TESLA'S LINEUP AS WE NOTICED, YOU KNOW, WE INVITE BACK SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED OR NEW MODELS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T INVITE BACK -- WE DIDN'T HAVE A TESLA TO TEST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE ANYTHING IN THEIR LINEUP SO THE -- WHAT THEY CALL THE LEGACY AUTOMAKERS, THE

AUTOMAKERS WHO ARE MAKING IC ENGINE CARS AND SWITCHING TO ELECTRIC, THEY ALL ARE COMING OUT WITH A LOT OF PRODUCT, AND IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE IT'S ANYBODY'S GAME. >> I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE GENESIS ELECTRIFIED GV 70 AND THE KIA EV 6 GT ALSO IN THE RUNNING. WHAT IS IT HONORABLE MENTIONS OR SECOND AND THIRD PLACE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? >> WE

DON'T REALLY REVEAL THE FINISHING ORDER, BUT THEY WERE DEFINITELY AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THE G V 70 IS A FANTASTIC -- GENESIS ALSO MAKES A GV 70 POWERED BY A GASOLINE ENGINE, AND THEY CONVERT IT ED IT TO BAY POWER AND IT WORKS BRILLIANTLY AND KIA WITH THE EV 6 GT WE LOVE DRIVING. THE DRIVE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THING IS A

ROCKET SHIP. IT HIT 60 IN 3.1 SECONDS IN OUR TESTING, AND IT'S JUST AS MU