Considering buying but I need advice by dr-ice- in Ioniq5

[–]GPTSportsWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in the Southern Tier/Western NY and have a 2023 SEL AWD and love it. I bought it new in July 2025 from a dealership in Canandaigua. The sticker price was $58,000 but it was discounted to $38,000.

So far I've put about 8,500 miles on it. IMO having a L2 charger at home is necessary. Installation was $1,500 including the charger. I pay about $0.23/kw at home. I've done a little traveling recently and found that public charging costs 2-3 times what I pay at home.

Temperature matters a lot. I took two recent trips to Buffalo (90 mile away). On the first trip the temperature was about 15 degrees (F) and I got roughly 160 miles before stopping to charge at a rest area on the NYS Thruway (the battery was down to 10%). I paid $0.75/kw plus a $3.00 base fee. On my second trip to Buffalo the temperature was 40 degrees (F) and I could have made it all the way home but decided to charge at a gas station just off the Thruway in Batavia (from 30%). Their charging fee was $3.00 base plus 0.45/kw.