In the words of Dewey from the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle: "The future is now, old man." Although EVs with artificial noises are not a novelty, Hyundai is trying to make them sound exciting for its first N model to do away with the combustion engine. A new teaser video of the Ioniq 5 N shows the high-performance electric crossover on the streets of Seoul as well as on the track at the company's Namyang R&D center.
We get a first taste of what Hyundai meant when it said the sporty EV would have a "virtual shift mode" by pulling both paddles located behind the steering wheel to artificially change gears. Executive Technical Advisor Albert Biermann previously mentioned the idea is to mimic the jolt and downshift vibrations you get from an i30 N equipped with a dual-clutch automatic transmission.
