Hyundai IONIQ 5 Is What an EV SHOULD BE! 

Canadian Kyle Conner

I was looking into buying an Ioniq 5, but I really didn't like this SUVish dimensions. In the end I bought the Ioniq 6 and I must say, what a wonderful car ... which underneath is the same platform.

i have it... it's exceptional, especially the ultra fast charging

Terrible car company. A man in Vancouver just suffered a slight scuff on the underside of the car. Dealer says it makes the battery a write-off. The bill for the battery replacement for his Ioniq5 by Hyundai is listed on the invoice at $66,000 cdn or $45,000 Euros. This is more than the car costs new. This company does not take EVs seriously, cannot make a profit on them and is not committed to sell enough of them to deliver them at an appropriate price. The only EV available today with all its ducks in a row sold in North America is the Tesla cars - with appropriate availability, appropriate service costs, and most importantly seamless charging support, while the company makes large profit on their efficient business model.

How can these Cars be so good when everybody is saying either only Tesla or Fossil works!?

I’ve seen the SEL trim got a huge downgrade in cabin interior materials. Hard touch plastic everywhere there used to be soft padded material. No rear vents, no center arm rest, basic cloth seats (not really all that worried about that one), rear doors are all hard touch even the arm rest. 59k is way over priced, the 2024 SEL should be no more than 30k.

Cars fantastic, just don’t fancy a £60k bill for a new battery when it fails or gets damaged and Hyundai won’t cover under warranty

Maybe if the charging stations have to follow rules like traditional gas pumps need to follow? This would hopefully weed out false advertised charging speeds and ensure maintenance is top of mind for locations such as the one you visited.

Wish EV reviewers would mention how the cars compare to other EV, what is the difference between the experience of driving this car and driving a Model Y.

How does this compare to the "fat Beaver" IX from BMW?

Simply Gregster, Lol! Love the name, love the channel, keep it up!

Just got my 2024 ultimate Friday...still trying to understand how stuff works...the car is amazing...i only miss the connected rear view miror i have on my rav4 limited... and well they say snow will be back shortly in laval... we'll see what that no rear whiper situation...

Even seeing them in person, they never seem that big to me! But coming from a Polestar or Model 3, might feel chunky.

@SimplyGregsterEV did you precondition the battery using the onboard POI Nav section to your chargers?

I thought only the EA chargers here in the US are either non-functional or not performing as they should, but I guess the same is true for Canada as well...

here can you find a 24?

All good until you dent the battery protection cover. Think about the lifecycle of an EV before you buy it. Would you but a house you need to rebuild in 5-10 years?