Hyundai starts Ioniq 3 production ahead of September release

Hyundai unveiled the Ioniq 3 in April in its N Line trim, and then revealed the Standard version last month. Today, the company has announced that production is starting at its plant in Izmit, Türkiye.

This is the first EV passenger car built by a foreign OEM in the country, and to ready it for production, the factory has received a $293 million investment. It went through a major transformation over the past two years to reach this stage.

The plant has been making Hyundai vehicles since 1997, as the company's first and longest-running overseas production facility, with a total of €1.185 billion invested in it so far. Hyundai initially wants to make 30,000 Ioniq 3 units per year at this factory.

The Ioniq 3 will go on sale in September with two different battery and motor options: 42.2kWh and 147 hp, and 61kWh and 135 hp, respectively.