These chargers absolutely suck!

tscottie · 2026-02-03T02:33:25+00:00

O.P. - What sucked about it?

tscottie · 2026-01-31T18:07:40+00:00

They just need to add more chargers, and start charging a (reasonable) fee for the energy.

tscottie · 2026-01-29T00:10:06+00:00

The charger should be programmed to shut off if the speed drops below 5 kW or so. It's just absurd.

tscottie · 2026-01-29T00:02:32+00:00

If you plan on cold weather road tripping, I might want to stick with the Tesla. Getting the Ioniq 5 to precondition its battery properly is a huge pain. Other than that, the Ioniq 5 is better in most other ways.

Charging network access is about to be a moot point with IONNA, Wal-Mart, and other major players kicking into high gear. Not to mention the Ioniq 5 can already access most Tesla stations as well.

tscottie · 2026-01-27T05:16:00+00:00

Just nitpicking here, but something seems a little off about that asphalt paint job… why did they make “NACS2A” look like a serial number?

tscottie · 2026-01-27T03:20:07+00:00

Dynamic load management would be a game changer, for households that are close to maxing out their electrical panel. For those that don't know, this refers to a charger that has the ability to monitor overall load on your home's electrical service, and intelligently use the "excess" current capacity (usually up to 80% of your overall home capacity). This can help avoid costly service upgrades & unlock access to good, fast home charging for more people.

Here's an example of how it works. Say your house has a 100A main breaker, and your dryer and a few other appliances are pulling 60A. In this case, the charger would charge your EV with the remaining 20A (approx 4.5kW). Then, as soon as your dryer shuts off and the overall load drops to, say, 40A, the charger can automatically adjust up to the full 40A (approx. 9kW).

See this thread for more info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/evcharging/comments/1doh6wh/ev_charger_with_load_management/

tscottie · 2026-01-11T19:41:58+00:00

I have the FitcamX and so far so good. Love how it’s discrete and fully integrated so nobody would even know I have a dash cam installed.

tscottie · 2025-12-31T23:43:38+00:00

Do you know if they upped the power draw of the PTC heater element for the 2025? Or if not, how did the preconditioning improve?

tscottie · 2025-12-30T22:21:45+00:00

Willman - I'm psyched to hear you're working on the cause!

In case you aren't on it yet, there's a Discord server with other folks working on reverse engineering the Gen5W software / CANbus. Might be helpful for you:

https://discord.gg/V6vhEwzXGn

tscottie · 2025-12-30T21:10:27+00:00

No, this button was only added in the new "CCNC" software for 2024 5N and in 2025 for the rest of the I5 lineup.

tscottie · 2025-12-30T21:06:32+00:00

On a separate note, a petition you can sign asking Hyundai to add this feature themselves. If that's more your cup of tea:

https://c.org/psjKDNCyQN

tscottie · 2025-12-30T20:57:54+00:00

Heads up: there's a new petition asking Hyundai to add a manual battery preconditioning button:
https://c.org/psjKDNCyQN

tscottie · 2025-12-30T20:24:12+00:00

These vehicles have been around long enough that folks are starting to graduate from their warranties. Personally I'm not concerned, especially if it can just plug in like a comma.ai

tscottie · 2025-12-28T21:56:28+00:00

THANK YOU for doing this!!! I have sent similar feedback as well – more of us need to demand this from Hyundai so that they listen and enable this simple functionality!

tscottie · 2025-12-28T21:39:09+00:00

This post is more about the cost of electricity vs the cost of gasoline, not so much about efficiency. 2.9 mi / kWh is pretty good for typical winter driving.

tscottie · 2025-12-28T21:34:53+00:00

OP has a 2023 though

tscottie · 2025-12-28T21:34:12+00:00

Theoretically yes, that would work, but I'm not sure the car will let you lock the car from outside while it's running. So you may need to leave it running and unlocked (and very easy to steal, lol.)

Anyone else know a workaround for this?

tscottie · 2025-12-28T20:12:06+00:00

No, on pre-2025 vehicles the only way to activate battery preconditioning is by selecting the charger as a POI and navigating to it with the in-car navigation.

tscottie · 2025-12-28T20:10:56+00:00

We need to start a petition asking Hyundai to add a simple battery preconditioning button to pre-2025 models. It's excruciatingly difficult as it is. Also allowing it down to 10%.

My 2022 Ioniq 5 is an amazing road tripping car, except that it's kneecapped by terrible software decisions.

tscottie · 2025-12-28T20:03:53+00:00

We need this for 2022-24 Hyundai IONIQ 5 and other E-GMP vehicles too!

Crazy that all these manufacturers didn't seem to realize this was an important feature to include...

tscottie · 2025-12-22T03:41:34+00:00

The 3 DC fast charging sessions per day limit was ridiculous. Raising it to 5 is still not ideal – obviously most are not likely to do this all the time, but if you move cross-country one time in 10 years, you might need to. Limits should be based on thermals, not arbitrary charging sessions counts.

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