Hyundai has started taking pre-sale orderss for its upcoming Ioniq V, but if you’re reading this from anywhere that speaks English, you can’t have it… yet?

The Ioniq V debuted as just four months ago at the Beijing Auto Show (just weeks after its concept reveal), with a shockingly angular design, looking like a low-polygon version of the new Toyota Prius.

It’s the beginning salvo in Hyundai’s 20-model planned entry into the crowded Chinese EV market, and the rest of the vehicles are expected to use similar design language.

Now Hyundai is back with the Ioniq V at the Chengdu Auto Show, which runs for the next week, and it’s started taking orders today.

The car is launching with 3 trim levels, the first of which starts at ~$17,700 (119,900 yuan), with additional models for ~$19,400 (129,900 yuan) and ~$20,900 (139,900 yuan).

Each are fully electric, with either a 53.5kWh or 66.8kWh battery, with the lower models putting out 188hp (140kW) of motor power and ~330mi (520-540km) of range, and the upper model having 225hp (168kW) and ~390mi (620-650km) of range. (Range numbers are CLTC, the Chinese rating system, which tends to be quite lenient and thus equivalent EPA numbers would be quite a bit lower)

Hyundai has suggested a future EREV version will come out, but given EV sales are up and everything with an ICE engine is down in China, we expect the BEV version to be the most popular.

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