Hyundai N Challenges New Electric Vehicle Record At Attack Tsukuba 2025 Racing Competition
Feb 13, 2025
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The Tsukuba Circuit, located an hour north of Tokyo, is famous for continuing the "Attack Tsukuba" Time Attack Racing Competition, which has been held since 1994. Unlike races where several vehicles drive, the Time Attack Racing Competition is a competition that measures the fastest lap time and is ranked.
The Ioniq 5 N TA Spec is a vehicle designed to achieve maximum performance of the Ioniq 5 N with minimal changes required for racing while maintaining the body and motor, which are the core of the mass-produced car.
Ionic 5 NTA Spec raised the rear motor output to 37PS through software tuning, improving it to a combined output of 687PS. Equipped with a new shock absorber, motorsport specifications brakes, 18-inch rim diameter Yokohama ADVAN 005 Slick tires and designed with a unique high down force aerodynamic package.
In particular, Ioniq 5 NTA Spec set a new record of 9:30:852 at the Pikespik International Hillclime in the United States in June 2024, winning the class and setting a new record for electric vehicles.
Hyundai collaborates with popular Japanese car racer Taniguchi Nobuteru as a driver of the Ioniq 5 NTA Spec to set a new EV record. Nobuteru Taniguchi has set records several times in Super GT and various motorsports competitions in Japan, and also holds the all-time record of four competitions in the 'Attack Tsukuba'.
Hyundai Motor aims to once again challenge EV's own best record in 『Attack Tsukuba 2025" and to inform global customers as well as the Japanese market of Hyundai's technology based on its excellent technology.
It is an opportunity to publicize Hyundai's excellent technology to Japanese automobile enthusiasts, a Hyundai Motor official said. "Hyundai N will continue to challenge new things in the future."
Reporter Kim Hyung-joon hj.kim@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
