Hello, Just trying to gain some perspective here as I was at both dealers today and for the first time laid eyes and touched the interior of both the Ioniq 5 and ID4 and I was greatly disappointed with the interior quality of the Ioniq 5 in terms of material choices. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Ioniq looks good, tech is good, and specs are good. It’s pretty much scratchy hard plastic everywhere, even in high touch areas like door armrests. In contrast I checked out 2 ID4s afterwards and was pretty much “blown” away with the materials used - when having just seen the Ioniq 5.
Is this normal? EVs aren’t cheap vehicles and I understand the big part of cost are the electrical components like the battery, but the interior quality alone is greatly steering me towards an ID4 instead of the Ioniq 5… Along with an apparent 3 year wait for the Ioniq 5 AWD in Canada.
I’ve road tripped in an Ioniq 5 and Standard Range F150. Same 400+ mile trip.
You get a lot of piece of mind in knowing that the ioniq 5 is going to get you in and out quickly, even if there are issues with EA (which is like a 50/50 chance).
But that’s my point. The higher charging rate might give you some warm fuzzy feelings, but it doesn’t actually change your road trip. If I had the Ionic 5 yesterday, I would have saved at most 15 minutes in a 12 hour drive. And I am not exaggerating. I was surprised, but every time except once when I got back to my car it was ready to go.
I just ran an Ioniq 5 versus an ID.4 on a 12.5hr drive in ABRP: 1hr 57 min of charging for the Ioniq 5, 3hr 34min for the ID.4. That’s significant.