Eco driving is moving to the top of the agenda at Hyundai with the launch of the new Hyundai Ionic. The Ionic is a family sized hatch-back which will be available as either a petrol-electric hybrid, pure electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid. This is the first vehicle that will be available with the choice of all three of these drive trains.

The Ioniq is Hyundai’s first take on Hybrid and electric cars, but it is a premium package that continues the brand’s upmarket shift.  Not only is the vehicle high on value, it is also exceptionally economical and comes with Hyundai’s five year, unlimited mileage warranty.  For the EV, this has been extended to eight years and 125,000 miles for the high capacity lithium ion battery pack.

The quoted figures for fuel consumption are 83 mpg, with emissions as low as 79g/km for the hybrid.  The pure electric vehicle is quoted with a range of 175 miles with zero emissions.

The hybrid and the pure electric models will be available from October 2016 while the plug-in hybrid will be launched in 2017.