Hyundai’s first US-made EV will be the tax credit-ready Ioniq 5

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 will reportedly be the first car to roll out of the company’s new Georgia factory in the autumn of this year. Also, company CEO Jose Munoz It says Automotive news He expects the U.S.-built version will give buyers the $7,500 federal EV tax credit that a vehicle built in South Korea will get. otherwise not eligible (outside one Lease path,

Hyundai will begin producing the Ioniq 5 at the Georgia plant in October, but the company won’t make batteries there for “about a year.” Automotive News The article said that for now, the company will buy its batteries from a Hungarian factory operated by Hyundai. Georgia partners for battery productionSK ON.

But the quarter stretches from October to December, which means there’s plenty of room for some US-built Ioniq 5s with CCS ports from the Georgia factory. It seems logical to assume they will. When asked, Hyundai representative Christopher Paukert said Verge back to that last one October announcement But he refused to outright confirm whether the first US-made models would definitely have NACS ports to start with.