Hyundai Ioniq 2020 Electric Car
Discussion
So still considering a Nissan Leaf but also seen an online a Hyundai Ioniq ( 2020). It’s a 100kw 38khwh version.
Does anyone know anything about these cars in terms of how reliable, how comfortable they are?
Cheap to run? Would it cope with a 60 mile round trip to work daily? Cost much to charge ? Apparently the range is over 190 miles.
Any advice appreciated
Does anyone know anything about these cars in terms of how reliable, how comfortable they are?
Cheap to run? Would it cope with a 60 mile round trip to work daily? Cost much to charge ? Apparently the range is over 190 miles.
Any advice appreciated
Rogerout said:
So still considering a Nissan Leaf but also seen an online a Hyundai Ioniq ( 2020). It s a 100kw 38khwh version.
Does anyone know anything about these cars in terms of how reliable, how comfortable they are?
Cheap to run? Would it cope with a 60 mile round trip to work daily? Cost much to charge ? Apparently the range is over 190 miles.
Any advice appreciated
I had one.Does anyone know anything about these cars in terms of how reliable, how comfortable they are?
Cheap to run? Would it cope with a 60 mile round trip to work daily? Cost much to charge ? Apparently the range is over 190 miles.
Any advice appreciated
60 miles is easy.
Most efficent EV. I got 4.1mi/kwh average and it was driven like a petrol car on a motorway.
Only issues I had was forgetting to charge before a long run. DC charging is 50kW max and that's hard to achieve.
Infotainment etc all works fine. The boot is decent enough but rear visibility is not. Heat pump is standard in UK.
Needs an expensive service in year 3 for a coolant change, but most had it done under warranty.
Kia Niro might be worth a look as well, very similar car but available with a bigger battery. Not as efficent as the Ioniq though.
Premium SE adds front parking sensors and leather ventilated seats. Premium is enough for everyone I'd say.
Mine only gave me issues with the AC, which was repaired under warranty. I think it never worked from when I bought it.
I'm seriously considering one as well as a repacement for my Leaf. Trouble is the Leaf has been faultless over 11 years, continues to drives like new, and we'd still only be doing short trips 95% of the time.
They seem very well regarded, premium spec certainly has enough kit, and the efficiency is very impressive. Even though electricity is cheap on Octopus Go, I think there is a 20% saving over the Leaf is electricity costs.
At my price bracket, £10k, there are a few about, nothing like as many as thre are Leafs though. (Of course the Mk II Leaf was made for much longer and I assume is still in production).
Not much of a contribution to the thread I know, other than to say my research tells me that around the £10k mark, these seem to be a very good choice.
They seem very well regarded, premium spec certainly has enough kit, and the efficiency is very impressive. Even though electricity is cheap on Octopus Go, I think there is a 20% saving over the Leaf is electricity costs.
At my price bracket, £10k, there are a few about, nothing like as many as thre are Leafs though. (Of course the Mk II Leaf was made for much longer and I assume is still in production).
Not much of a contribution to the thread I know, other than to say my research tells me that around the £10k mark, these seem to be a very good choice.
That chimes with what I've read. Not a huge amount of difference between the Leaf and the Ioniq, but the latter is slightly bigger, slightly more efficient with slightly longer range. It does tend to cost slightly more because of that though.
Funny you should mention the 10k figure - just agreed to purchase an excellent condition 2020 with 32k miles for near enough that amount.
Funny you should mention the 10k figure - just agreed to purchase an excellent condition 2020 with 32k miles for near enough that amount.
New 3rd gen Leaf is due in 2026, a very different car:
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offic...
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offic...
Mrs and I both had Ioniqs for 3 years on leases (one was a 2020, the other a 2021) and both Premium SE
Absolutely loved them - so efficient, 3.5 in Winter up to an easy 5.5 in Summer and perfectly viable to achieve 7+ if you are not one to put your foot down, so 200 mile range no problem at all - but with those kind of figures I just took advantage of the acceleration all the time :-)
Infotainment system fairly basic by modern standards but still had everything needed.
Really comfortable drive and spacious. Didn't have any faults between the two cars in that time.
Loved the remote app too - you can set up what you want to come on for pre-warming or cooling, rather than just "everything on" - and although not a deal-breaker, we really did like the cooled seats on a hot summer's day. Shame we don't more of them in this country...
The deals from our leasing company were just not good enough to consider extending, and with massive money off the Honda eNy1 we moved into those.
Such a shame that the stopped making them - although the next gen of Hyundai did look great (the 6 especially) but cost was key.
Absolutely loved them - so efficient, 3.5 in Winter up to an easy 5.5 in Summer and perfectly viable to achieve 7+ if you are not one to put your foot down, so 200 mile range no problem at all - but with those kind of figures I just took advantage of the acceleration all the time :-)
Infotainment system fairly basic by modern standards but still had everything needed.
Really comfortable drive and spacious. Didn't have any faults between the two cars in that time.
Loved the remote app too - you can set up what you want to come on for pre-warming or cooling, rather than just "everything on" - and although not a deal-breaker, we really did like the cooled seats on a hot summer's day. Shame we don't more of them in this country...
The deals from our leasing company were just not good enough to consider extending, and with massive money off the Honda eNy1 we moved into those.
Such a shame that the stopped making them - although the next gen of Hyundai did look great (the 6 especially) but cost was key.
sixor8 said:
New 3rd gen Leaf is due in 2026, a very different car:
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offic...
V2G (Vehicle to Grid) would be of great interest. I wonder how that will work on a lease or PHP. You could stick to 5k miles/year but have pulled 30kwh from the battery every single day having charged at night and then proceeded to power your home during the day. On a four year deal most of the car would have done 20k miles, but 30kwh is roughly equal to 80 miles, so the battery would be over 100k...https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offic...
Have had one for 2.5 years/30k miles, averaged 4.8 mi/KwH overall in Scotland including some pretty cold winters, nothing has gone wrong. Pretty comfortable. Up to 205 miles range on GOM for us but easy 120 on motorway between charges at 70 or so.
If the battery was 10% larger and it charged faster (& looked better tbh) it would be perfect.
Slow charging speed is less of an issue because it is so efficient- if you go twice as far for xKwH you effectively double the charging rate- and consequently much cheaper to run away from home too.
Planning on running it into the ground. And quite possibly replacing our older diesel with an Ioniq5
If the battery was 10% larger and it charged faster (& looked better tbh) it would be perfect.
Slow charging speed is less of an issue because it is so efficient- if you go twice as far for xKwH you effectively double the charging rate- and consequently much cheaper to run away from home too.
Planning on running it into the ground. And quite possibly replacing our older diesel with an Ioniq5
Edited by mclwanB on Monday 10th November 20:31
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