Last weekend, Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon claimed victory at the Waimate 50, during the debut of his all-electric Hyundai Kona rally car.
Following this event, Hayden sat down with DRIVEN Editor Dean Evans to discuss the inner workings of his world-leading race car.
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While electric vehicles are known for their silent performance, the team at Paddon Rallysport have been busy working on creating a mechanical sound for the Kona, which wowed crowds over the weekend.
"It is a proper mechanical sound, something that we've been working on for a long time, we actually wanted to launch the car with sound last year, but the prototype took a lot longer than expected," Paddon said.
"From the very start of this project, I've always been very outspoken that I want the car to have sound, I'm a motorsport purist like a lot of other die-hard fans."
Another aspect that Paddon touched on was how the car is powered, and how well the batteries performed over the course of the weekend.
"We could've done the whole day on one battery, as we're using 30-35% battery on one run, but for us to be at peak performance, we doing top-up charges, and using a generator."
Paddon then touched on the move towards hydrogen, which is something that shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, considering Hyundai's work with the gas in recent years.
"Long term, we're moving towards using hydrogen, which will be a really nice fit for helping us charge the car."