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Sk@norcalpaco Any issues with initiating charging and did you stick with a particular network? Those charging stats look quite good. Trying to see if I can switch my #Tesla for an #Ioniq5
@milkinaflask Most of the charges were with #ElectrifyAmerica. I had one instance where the NFC reader was broken, so I couldn’t tap to authenticate. I had to use the app the start the session. The one non-EA charger I used had a broken credit card reader, so I had to scan a QR code to pay on a website. Otherwise the charges all started quickly after authentication/payment.
@norcalpaco nice! Always good to hear that charging infrastructure is getting better and better
Slab Bulkhead@milkinaflask @norcalpaco not the OP but I own both an M3 and a Kia EV6 (sibling to Ioniq5) if you have any questions. The Ioniq 5 should now have access to the Supercharger network (at least the 2025 models with the NACS port) so it will be improved greatly.
Looks like you're on the east coast, check out these YouTube channels for some real world info on charging:
The Ioniq Guy (CT, MA)
State of Charge (NJ)
The Average EV (MD?)
The Network Architect Channel (NC)
RivianTrackr (FL)
@slab_bulkhead thanks! I’ve checked some of these folks out already. One thing I can’t find is whether the in-car route planner is any good with long trips (energy estimation/scheduling charging stops etc.). It appears that most people rely on some combo of ABRP/Plugshare (which is fine - I do this for my longer trips anyway), but the convenience/simplicity of Tesla’s built in route planner is a huge peace of mind.
@milkinaflask the answer will somewhat depend on which version you get, 22-24 or 2025, the latter having the new infotainment system. In either case, I think "not as good as Tesla" is a fair assessment. You may have seen Ioniq Guy did a recent video on this after a road trip basically saying "it's not as bad as a I thought".
@milkinaflask My roadtrips have been primarily limited to a single west coast route but I've done it in both cars and my experience is that I end up picking my charging stops manually regardless and then plugging them into the nav to unlock preconditioning. The Tesla interface is still just better at this, but it's fine in the Kia.
Tesla always wants to take me to V2 sites and I much prefer V3 sites.
@milkinaflask Kia and Hyundai, at least in the older models, require manual updates to the navigation software to get updated POIs which I believe would include charging stations. This is obviously a problem, especially when they promise 2 updates per year and only deliver 1, like last year.
They've made noise about integrating Google's POI API and so they would update automatically but it's unclear if that will come to older models. New model may not have this problem, but I don't know.
@slab_bulkhead gotcha. Appreciate all the detail, I think I might trying living with one for a couple days before making any decisions. I sure hope they invest more heavily in the software going forward.
@milkinaflask that's a good plan. My unsolicited summary of the two cars is that the Tesla is objectively better at most things (although by as much as you'd think) but I still always want to drive the Kia EV6.