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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.
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If you hear a weird rattle in the back, it will be the rear seatbelt that's retracted but twisted, so the metal hits the plastic, drove me mad for a couple of weeks till I figured that out.
It's great in traffic on the motorway/freeway it literally will drive itself, just have to wiggle the wheel every now and then.
Is yours a 2025? I heard that they fixed the seat belt rattle in the latest iteration by making an indentation in the door
It's a 22 without the rear wiper 😐
How bad internet-connected surveillance?
Do they have the legal right to determine if you're fucking in the car and sell your performance data to third parties?
I'm too ugly to have sex so it's a non issue
I got a 2025 Ioniq 5 too and absolutely love it.
Except for the lack of hitch availability. Ecohitch and Stealth Hitch are the only two options available at the moment and they're both made in the US.
I'm planning to add a hitch to mine for my ebike. I'll have to look into both of those options.
Just just got a 25 Ioniq 6 Limited about a month ago. I will echo most of the points here. It's wider than the Kona we had previously, enough that the parking sensors are very unhappy while pulling in or out of the garage. The driver assist features are fantastic, used them both ways for a recent 3.5 hour trip and it was a game changer. They aren't true autopilot (in the way Tesla advertises it), they are fully driver assistance features that take 80% of the load from you but REQUIRE you to pay attention since they will disengage without warning, and don't handle some situations well (like lanes splitting apart). We find the fast charger is fantastic, IDK why more manufacturers aren't putting 800v architectures into their cars. Charged 20-80 in literally 20 minutes last week at a 150kV EVgo station. Everyone else was taking easily twice that long. The V2L feature turned out to be a game changer. We just had a very bad storm in the Pittsburgh area last week and were without power for almost three days. Used the interior plug to keep the chest freezer running to drastically reduce our food losses. Running it for 8 hour overnight used about 4% battery. We are picking up a true V2L adapter to use the J1772 port and not have to leave the car on overnight for future needs. I think the auto parking seems pretty gimmicky, I can't think of a case where I would not want to pull into a spot on my own, but it's not so busy that I'm comfortable gaffing about with the auto parking. Maybe for parallel parking since we don't do much of that. We liked the surrounding view the first couple weeks but I end up mostly just using my mirrors and the normal backup camera since I find it more natural still. We mostly turn off the parking sensor alerts, I wish I could disable them without disabling other alerts (or even just the side ones, they are super sensitive and not helpful IMO).
Yo just wanted to say I think these are some of the best looking new vehicles on the road. Things look like little spaceships, they’re awesome.
Congrats
I forgot where I read this but I saw a review that ranked the best 2025 non-Tesla EV's for the US market. Number one was the Ioniq 5 and number two was the BMW i4 M50. Ever so slight price difference between the two. (/s)
I5 won multiple 'the best EV' awards period, not best 'non-Tesla' and it even won against European carmakers on its homeground.
Great car as long as you don't have an iccu failure. My car is a year old and has been at the dealer for the last month because of an iccu failure and part being back ordered.
It took over 3 months to have the ICCU replaced in my EV6. I filed a lemon law claim on it and Kia is buying it back
I wish Canada had lemon laws or I'd sell the car back
Yeah, I think its pretty bad how Hyundai handles the issue with defective ICCUs. If this part fails so often, why does it take weeks to deliver? I've heard stories about people waiting more than a month for that part, and the spare part failed again after some time.
I've been waiting a month and still no time frame.
As an I5 guy too, the i5 doesn't have autopilot like you may think. It's highway drive assist is what you're likely referring to. And I wouldn't trust the car to drive on regular town roads better than it would on the highway.
It works best using the smart cruise+steering assist. And it's exceptionally handy in stop and go traffic.
There's another 5 years until we replace our vehicle. But I still eye the Ioniq reviews with envy. It looks like a great vehicle.
I'm in the market for a bolt. Can I get a ask what the dealer gave you for a trade in on it? Just so I have that in the my back pocket at the dealer. Also, how flat would you say the rear seats in that thing go down? I need to slide a couple decent sized Pelican cases in there full of work shit to make the purchase worth it.
$12k for a 2021 with 30k miles. The rear seats folded to quite an incline in the Bolt, but it was flat enough to slide furniture into it. I hauled plenty of large items in it.
Yikes. You bought it new for like $35,000 4 years ago?
Buying a new car is always a dumb decision
Appreciate the insights. The Ioniq 5 is a sweet car, probably my favorite looking EV with the retro-futuristic styling. The Bolt is a solid car and at the time we got ours, with all the incentives thrown in, was an insane value. 3 years in and still no complaints with our Bolt EUV, but when we eventually replace our aging Subaru, we'll seriously consider Hyundai/Kia.
Nice car!
One thing that strikes me as weird though:
Perfect for napping while waiting at the laundromat
How do you have a new 2025 EV but cannot afford a washing machine? As in, in my country a washing machine is considered such an essential thing to have that if you are poor and you cannot afford a new washing machine when yours breaks you can apply for special government assistance to buy one.
It absolutely blows my mind that someone would prioritize getting a new car above getting the basics things you need to live.
I live in a small condo and my washing machine is too compact to wash large bedding, so I take my comforters and blankets to the laundromat. I am far from poor, this is just how city living works for many people.
What are your thoughts on the flip out door handles. Those things scare me.
I don't like them, they feel flimsy. I'm worried about how I will get into the car after an ice storm.
I’m about 600 miles into my IONIQ 5 XRT. I didn’t want the XRT but by the time I got to the dealer after their last pre-Krasnov-Tariffs delivery, the IONIQ 5 Limited had already sold and what I now have was my only option.
I’m pretty happy with everything but the color, which is black. Also my inability to figure out how to tell the car “PLEASE VENT OUTSIDE AIR IN WITHOUT CONDITIONING IT IN ANY WAY.” Anyone got insight there? I’ve got at least another month of decent weather that doesn’t need to tax the batteries.
Very excited that my solar installer, who is about to put batteries in at the house to back up and enable grid-free usage of last year’s solar panels, says they can install a generator transfer switch that I’ll be able to use with the IONIQ’s bi-directional charging! Not a huge win for now, but the car’s battery is as big as the $35k worth of batteries I’m about to add to the house.
Ultimately I’ll sell the IONIQ once I can take delivery of my Telo Truck, and given the tariff-raffery going on here in the US, I expect I’ll be able to sell the XRT used for as much as I bought it for.
Go into climate section and turn off HEAT and A/C. If either is off, flip it on and off again. They will stay off until you press AUTO or turn them on specifically.
Congratulations! I love the retro-futuristic headlight style on those. Your DC fast charging speed must also wildly faster, im envious of new EVs in comparison to my 2016. They've come a long way
Thanks! The car definitely stands out in a parking lot and I've received a few compliments from strangers already. Looking forward to charging it for the first time and seeing how fast it actually is, and the NACs port is a huge plus in my area.
I love how they look. If I were in a better financial situation I would love to sell my model 3 and get one.
Love my Bolt but I have always found the Ioniq5 to be cool looking. Congratulations!!!
How is the 2025 version different than previous years?
NACs charging is the big difference
I'm in Europe so that probably hasn't changed here... So what's the benefit of 2025 vs the previous generations l wonder 🤔. I'm considering getting this as a used car so 2025 model is not really an option.
How's the road noise?
Minimal. Much quieter than a Model 3.
Welcome to the club! The I5 is an awesome car and selling well for good reason. It's not perfect and HDA (it's not auto-pilot) is great on the highway, but never trust it because it's just a machine and you're driving.
Enjoy your CCnC system, pre-condition button, and rear wiper! I'm totally not jealous.
All great and none of it matter if this car (well, it's real owner) is selling my personal data to 695826 different data brokers
If it's listening in on everything I say and selling it, I'm out
If it's selling all my location data, I'm out
I'm assuming it does sell, so I'll never own one of these
I test drove one and was extremely impressed. Considered getting one as our second car. I ended up getting a BMW i4 instead - we already have an iX and the i4 has exactly the same OS, which makes it easier to switch between the two.
It looks like a sweet car. I was never a fan of the bolt. It felt like a budget car with luxury prices, unless you were getting it at a huge discount.
I managed to snag the Bolt brand new for $29k out the door, so I was happy with the price but it was definitely missing a lot of features that I wanted
