Hankook iON evo

8 sizes, 225/55 R18 to 255/45 R20

Acoustic foam liner

Designed for electric cars from the ground up rather than adapted from a combustion tyre, and the winner of the 2025 Auto Bild EV tyre test. Good fit for a mainstream EV where the owner wants the tested answer rather than the familiar name.

EU tyre label, from the statutory register

RollingBresistance

Wet gripAbraking

Noise69dBclass A

The specification

Load index96 to 105710 to 925kg per tyre

Speed ratingH to Yup to 300 km/h

ConstructionXLextra load available

SeasonSummercheck the sidewall

Built for electric carsYesmaker's own claim

Sizes on record8from the EU product register

Hankook iON evofrom £75.99 inc VAT

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A summer tread, drawn as a category. This is what this kind of tyre is laid out to do, not a picture of this one's own pattern.

225/55 R18 102W in section, drawn to scale from the registered size. The sidewall height is the figure people misjudge.

Sizes we hold data for

Size	Load	Speed	Con	Marking	Price
225/55 R18	102	W	XL	none	£132.97inc VAT
225/55 R19	103	H	XL	none	£153.99inc VAT
235/40 R19	96	W	XL	none	£168.30inc VAT
235/45 R18	98	W	XL	none	£180.00inc VAT
245/45 R19	102	V	XL	none	£182.70inc VAT
255/40 R20	101	H	XL	none	£100.99inc VAT
255/45 R19	104	Y	XL	none	£112.99inc VAT
255/45 R20	105	V	XL	none	£75.99inc VAT

Fuel efficiencyBrolling resistance, A to G

Wet gripAbraking distance, A to G

Noise69dBmeasured outside the vehicle

Great Britain retained Regulation (EC) 1222/2009, so the label here uses the older A to G scales. Northern Ireland follows the current EU label, which runs A to E and carries a QR code.

What it is for

The iON range exists because Hankook took the view that an EV tyre is a different design brief rather than a different compound on the same casing. The evo is the summer tyre in that range; there is an SUV version, an all-season version and a winter version built on the same thinking.

Technology

Acoustic foam liner

Who makes it

Brand	Hankook
Owned by	Hankook Tire and Technology
Head office	Seoul, South Korea
Made in	Hungary and South Korea

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