Ioniq 5 Ultimate 73kWh RWD

Interesting. I haven't tried the Ioniq, but did try the Kia EV6. In the top spec I wanted, it was 50k. I compared it to the Lexus NX, which in the Takumi spec I wanted (top spec), was also 50K. The difference in quality of the touchy feely bits was immediately apparent, with the Lexus being a clear winner. The NX failed for us on other counts, but it felt like a premium place to be, whereas the EV6 just, well, not so much. I imagine the Ioniq is perhaps better than the Kia though, so nearer the Lexus?

Reviews say the Ioniq is a softer ride (which would appeal to me). The Kia was indeed a bit of a lumpen thing on the test drive.

Anyway, I was initially drawn by the "charges to 100% in three seconds" claims, which turned out to mean in salesman speak "20% -80% in fifteen minutes", which, on looking at forums, really means "this doesn't really actually work in the UK, because there simply aren't the chargers available to do it, and those that can apparently technically do it have been hobbled anyway, so in reality, it's no quicker than anything else."

So - does the Ioniq actually charge, or can be charged, at anything like a super quick rate in the real world, I wonder?

For info, I bought the Superb PHEV, rather than wait a million years for something new. It's turning out to be great for our journey patterns. I filled it for the first time a week ago. It promised about 500 miles of range. Since then, nearly all our journeys have been doable with all battery. We've done 500 miles. Time to fill it again? Nope, the range promised right now is...about 500 miles still to go. I've actually used about 20 miles worth of petrol over that 500 miles. Car is therefore showing an intriguing 280mpg odd over the week. Even on my tariff the electricity is about half the cost of petrol per mile.

Didn't buy it to save money though, so it's all good however it turns out.

Longer journeys this week though, well over the battery range, so we'll see.

I wonder how you will get on in the winter with rear visibility due to muck on the rear window? Like all cars with a vertical hatch surely it needs a rear wiper?

I added one to the Superb because it was a (no-cost) option and it was in my opinion better with one than without. Although I seem to have some recollection of needing it if you had a reverse camera - a washer nozzle for the camera?

The CLS’s tailgate isn’t V70-vertical either but the rear window still gets filthy. It seems like a bizarre kind of design snobbery not to fit one to a car like this — or to the BMW 6GT, or the various ‘sportback’ Audis.

Saloons are less affected by road spray because the window is further forward and so shielded by the protruding boot. Even there, the window still gets obscured in the rain, although reversing cameras today make this less of a concern.

The cameras on the Focus estate and KIA SUV are useless when the weather gets cruddy. They are placed directly above the number plate next to the tailgate release handles, they catch all the sucked on muck going.
Doesn't the Ioniq have some kind of roof mounted spoiler directing airflow down the rear window ? I know spray still gets sucked on to the rear of the vehicle maybe the airflow helps out.

My S60 saloon rear window has a shallower rake than the windscreen. If it's raining heavily the window acts like a shelf, reversing is done with door mirrors and rear sensors. A reversing camera was made available on this model the year after my car was registered.

The Subaru has 2 forward-facing lenses at the top of the windshield on the inside, for radar cruise control, lane-keep assist etc. The system is called “Eyesight”. Maybe they aren’t technically cameras?

In any case they struggled with a damp misty start to the day here, and kept disengaging for the first few miles. The windshield wiper sweep doesn’t cover the area of window that they look through. Progress eh..?!

Check the instructions carefully before using an extension with the 13A cable! The BMW one is very certain that we should not.

Extension cables with high-current loads are generally a bad idea anyway, and the car will want to draw as much current as it can for as many hours as it’s connected for. Could Get A Bit Warm.

But 4 miles per kWh is good going for a big bus.

The 330e had the option to reduce the Amps when charging so if you were using an extension lead then as long as it was a heavy duty one then it should be fine. In the end I didn't purchase a heavy duty lead for this because it would have been a faff.

Maybe the Ioniq 5 has a way to restrict amps when charging? I'd only do this as a last resort.