The Hyundai Ioniq 5 will reportedly be the first car to roll out of the company's new factory in Georgia this fall. In addition, the general director of the company, José Muñoz says Automotive News The U.S.-made version is expected to provide buyers with the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit, which the South Korean-made vehicle would not be eligible for (outside of a legal loophole in leasing).
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 writes. For now, the article says the company will source its batteries from a Hungarian factory operated by Hyundai's partner for its Georgian battery production, SK On.
But the quarter spans October through December, which means there's plenty of room for some US-made Ioniq 5s to come out of its Georgia factory with CCS ports. It seems logical to assume that they will. When asked, Hyundai representative Christopher Paukert referred to The edge go back to that previous one october announcement but he declined to explicitly confirm whether the first US-made models will definitely have NACS ports to begin with.
