Great car,.and still some wrinkles to iron out
To start, my wife simply loves the car. I like it a lot and wish some oddities were addressed with software updates.
Last week I was driving along and started to feel hot, looked at the temp setting and it was at 82. I did not increase it and checked with my wife whether she had and she hadn't.
I've walked up to the rear of the car occasionally and the hatch would open. Not every time, so this doesn't appear to be a "feature".
Sometimes when either of us select our own custom configuration it doesn't adjust the seats and when viewing the person selected it's the other even though we've selected our own.
We have the 2024 model so connectivity is only via cable. So, I bought an adapter. If it is left plugged in, the USB remains powered. I'd.expectmat least a setting to decide whether we want it on our off. I've started unplugging it and only plugging it in when I want it. Oh, yet then recently my wife's phone started playing though the adapter isn't plugged in. Apparently iphones connect to a 2024 and androids don't.
We are leading and received the free leasing for 2 years. This opportunity makes the car nearly priceless. To replace the EV with anything else when the lease is over will require upgrading our load panel on the house. This will cost $5-6K. Our lease ends at the same time as the free charging.
I am reviewing other makes and models. It is possible that we'll get a newer upgrading ioniq5, yet not 100% certain. It depends on economics and features.
Because we shouldn't run the battery down too far or charge to full, the range isn't really as advertised. Who would want to plug in with a nest empty battery (ignoring the impact on the battery), community chargers (or at least Charge America) slow down at 80% so going further takes a long time
All good for thought, with all of the critical analysis details above, the ioniq5 is still in the running when our lease runs out. And my wife loves the car!