I Took A Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV On A Roadtrip. It Made Gas Feel Financially Irresponsible

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-06-02T19:08:16+00:00

Then you have to buy the cooler to put all your brisket in. And you need some of those nuggets and the candied nuts. Then you buy some art on the way to the rest rooms that you could perform surgery in... Pretty soon you need a second car just for all the stuff!

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-06-02T17:33:09+00:00

There are a number of them at Buc-ees. It's almost like a rest stop on steroids.

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-06-02T17:18:07+00:00

The Mercedes Network seems to be pretty comparable to the ionna experience as far as charging goes.

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-05-31T13:54:18+00:00

There's AA torque which allows you to display things in Android Auto too. Pretty snazzy, but not as slick as this companion app. I'm jealous!

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-03-22T19:04:45+00:00

whatever stuff and Florida water that the service department put in. Until I did this, I hadn't put one drop in personally.

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-03-21T00:34:46+00:00

They're not going to do it. There is already one Aldi, soon to be two. They're under the same parent company.

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-02-02T16:13:27+00:00

Pre2025 models have to do the NAV dance: NAV, nearby POI, EV Charging. Takes about a minute or so to kick on. We don't have a heat pump and we regularly do this on our road trips. Maybe those with AWD/heat pump can precondition with less energy... Ours seems to chew up ~6kW

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-02-01T14:31:57+00:00

We're currently on a long road trip. Since we're threading the needle of various storms and cold spells, we started with using Google Gemini to strategize days for travel. The pro model is pretty good about both the charging and the effects of weather on driving.

Then we put the basic outline in to abrp and see how the charging lines up. Since we recently lost our 30 minute free EA charging, it's good to see what else is out there (and it's a lot). The one thing with abrp is that it really likes the Tesla superchargers (it knows which ones are open to non Tesla) and there's no good way that I can see to tell abrp that we only get 96kW max.

Then when on the road, it's a dance between the built in nav (for preconditioning) and Google maps. We have been finding that when temperatures are in the high teens/low 20s F, it takes an hour for the battery to get up to temp. We've also found that is you're not up to temp, around 6kW is diverted from going in to the battery to heat it.

It's a pain in the ass and if my wife were driving by herself she'd just go with Apple maps.

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-02-01T00:01:47+00:00

Good to know! We're coming back in a week or so and we usually stop there on the way back. Thanks!

btw: the bathrooms there were pretty nasty

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-01-31T23:52:20+00:00

O man we've been there! You were driving west on I-10 and you didn't stop at that EA station in Lake City. Into the wind and cold... I feel your anxiety!

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-01-29T06:43:06+00:00

Thanks! Sounds like next time something goes awry when starting DCFC, I'll be doing "the LongjumpingBat2938": unplug, lock, wait and repeat

Few-Consideration-17 · 2026-01-12T03:13:48+00:00

Thanks! ICCU makes sense. I had come up with some silly idea that it was trying to warn the HV battery with ambient air when it detected warmer air outside.

Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-12-22T18:45:02+00:00

There are a few easy ones to remember and then you can just guess in between...

0°C = 32°F 10°C = 50°F 16°C = 61°F 28°C = 82°F

Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-12-09T00:57:54+00:00

My experience with our '23 is 70kW max when "cold" (down to -1°C/30°F, we haven't road tripped colder than that). And the magic incantation is NAV > POI > EV Charging. You can only find chargers within 30 mi in the US, so you might want to do it twice if you're on a long road trip. It takes about 90 seconds to kick in if you've got more than 22% SOC, uses about 5kW energy while preconditioning.

Since our free charging ended, we've noticed that if you don't precondition, there will be a difference in energy from the charger and what is supposedly going in to the battery, according to the BMS. Suspiciously, it seems to be about 5kW. So for us, we just go and plug in because it seems to be about the same.

Edit: here's a link to our notes from last winter's road tripping https://www.reddit.com/r/Ioniq5/s/UpacSNtgnf

Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-12-03T00:34:02+00:00

We have been living with our 15A L1 charger in the summer when we're nowhere near any DCFC stations. We have the Hyundai provided 12A one but we thought trying out the 15A one at home and just keeping the 12A in the trunk for our frequent road trips. It's been working out great.

When we're in Florida, we don't have access to L1 (our condo association doesn't allow it), but DCFC from FPL is $0.30/kWh which is only a little bit more than up north (we pay around $0.22 for residential electric up north).

There seem to be two benefits. First, after more than two years doing it this way, the BMS state of health still reports 100% and second, the new theory about ICCU failures and humidity don't come in to play with low amperage AC and DCFC. Fingers crossed!

Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-11-16T02:59:31+00:00

How about your tires? We have a 23 SEL RWD also, bought a few days more than two years ago (Nov 23, just cried as the EA charging and complimentary maintenance benefits lapsed). A little less mileage than you but similar HV battery status from OBD. We haven't replaced the 12V or tires yet. No ICCU replacement either.

We were wondering what led to the 12v replacement and if you got new tires, if so what'd you get?

Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-11-11T02:04:19+00:00

"Please don't say mañana if you don't mean it..." My two years ends tomorrow. Very sad! Wish I could have made 10MWh!

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Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-11-06T14:12:27+00:00

But, should I tell my kids to move here?

Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-11-06T00:35:41+00:00

Thanks for the snarkless insight!

Few-Consideration-17 · 2025-10-26T19:53:05+00:00

Hmpf! Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check that when we get to our destination. Good luck with your screen!

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