BHPian Hayek recently shared this with other enthusiasts. Here’s what BHPian alok9345 had posted:Wanted your opinion, in case you’ve seen the facelifted Ioniq 5, on whether one should wait for the facelift…. FYI – this is going to be my only car. I have been living with a Nexon Max and comfortable with a single EV garage. I generally keep my cars for 3-4 years, but do plan to keep the ioniq longer as it is going to be my most expensive purchaseSorry for the long delayed reply. I would not wait for a facelift – as you have rightly said, it is highly uncertain when it will come and whether the current super attractive regime for EVs will continue – 5% GST and 5000 registration (in MH) is a massive transfer of value from the Central and State Governments to EV buyers – and I do fear they will at some point limit this lower tax rate to cars priced below a certain point. Meanwhile, here’s what BHPian Harsha89 shared:The current version gives a range of 480-500 km in mixed driving conditions. So an upgrade with bigger battery may add about 30-40 km to the range, which is not a big deal for me. Other changes are mostly quality of life improvements which I can manage without. I feel the current gen version is good enough. To current owners like @Hayek and @Mallu: – What is your EV range in general mixed driving at a relaxed pace without hypermiling?I do think the current version is a very good car. The only negative is the poor ride quality on very bad roads at speed – which I experienced while driving back from Alibaug. However on normal Bombay roads (which are also bad) and the Ahmedabad and Poona highways, I found the car perfectly fine. Turning to range, I thought it worthwhile to support the discussion with data. As can be seen from the above chart, I was getting a mileage of well over 6 km per kWh in the December – February period when the weather in Bombay was relatively cool. That started falling in March and drives in May saw a mileage of under 5 km per kWh. With the monsoon setting in, my most recent top up saw a mileage of 5.7 km per kWh which is more or less in line with my overall average. Please ignore the troughs and spikes – those represent the few charges to 100% followed by a subsequent charge to 80%. Overall I have spent roughly 15000 on covering nearly 9000 km with this car. Even at the lowest mileage of about 4.9 km per kWh, the cost per km is less than 2. Had the opportunity to take the car to Pune (and not Pashan or Hinjewadi but Wanowrie) from Parel a few weeks ago. After my Vapi trip in January, I was reasonably confident that I could make the return journey without recharging. I used the Atal Setu, and by and large drove at or slightly above the limits (thanks to the speed cameras fitted everywhere, speeds that can’t be mentioned on Team BHP are no longer possible). I was delighted to find that after 352 km including the top and fro drive and some local travel in Bombay, I still had 18% charge and 72 km range (and I suspect there was some buffer in the display) left. The car was great to drive on the Atal Setu and the Expressway, and fine even in the horrendous traffic between Ravet and Wanowrie in evening peak hours (which took significantly longer than Parel to Ravet). Trip details are below: The Overall Journey till I Recharged Parel to Wanowrie and Back The overall range on this trip was almost 425 km. The more I drive this car, the happier I am I bought it. I also got a call for the “Voluntary RECALL campaign for ICCU Software Update & ICCU and Fuse Replacement (in case of DTC reported in the vehicle), to improve the High/Low voltage battery charging issue due to ICCU failure.” My driver dropped the car off and got it back. Hyundai offered a free pick up and drop service but I decided to pick a day that worked for me rather than wait for them to give me a slot. One question for Ioniq users. I have been charging the car at home using the provided 11 KW charger to 80% and typically recharge at or above 20%. Is this strategy of charging 60% at a time and getting a range of ~ 250 km between charges better or would I be better advised to go from say 10%-90% or charging all the way to 100%? Do let me know. More later. Check out BHPian comments for more insights and information.
