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.

  • wanzeo@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s fast, but for me EA congestion is always the limiting factor, not charge speed. I’m going to drive SF to LA this week and I’m expecting about 4hrs stopped to charge, of which about 1 hour will actually be plugged in.

    • rbetterkids@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It takes 30 minutes to go from 20% to 80%.

      Then 80% to 98% takes an additional 20 minutes.

      If you want to save time and if it’s possible, it better to charge up to 80% and head to the next charger when you have 30% left. The 10% buffer is in case there’s a line or broken chargers.

      The ID4’s Map app actually shows you an estimation of how much battery you’ll have left when you plan a trip.

      Then for plan B, use the PlugShare App to find alternative chargers in case EA is full or broken.

      I know in the SoCal area, there are many EVGo locations. Just try to avoid charging from 4PM - 9PM because that is their peak time and they charge the highest during those hours.