For months now I’ve been torn between buying a Model Y and buying one of Hyundai’s Ioniq models. Today I pulled the trigger and bought my first EV, an Ioniq 6 SEL. Overall I just felt like I was getting more car for the same price. I’m absolutely blown away at how much Hyundai has turned their brand around compared to 5 years ago. The 5 year 60k mile bumper to bumper and the 10/100k battery with two years free charging and 3 years free maintenance is what ultimately sold me. But dang if those Tesla seats aren’t the most comfortable things in the world.
I have two reasons why I’d buy a Tesla over any other EV. Sentry mode (and the fact that the cameras record everything around you as you drive so accidents are easy to prove who’s at fault) and the fact that Kia and Hyundia went with blinking brake lights and not separate amber indicators. Everywhere else in the world they’re amber but US models get the blinking brake light. Oh, and I don’t like key fobs. I don’t see the point. Get in, touch the brake pedal to start the car and go.