Hyundai Ioniq 5 road trip. 500 miles in a day cross-country! Efficiency and charging tested!

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We collect our Hyundai Ioniq 5 and drive it straight away from Edinburgh back to Bournemouth. That’s 500 miles in a day and a really good chance to test the charging speed and efficiency of the car, plus of course get to know it better.

A full review will follow soon but here are our first impressions plus of course all the information gathered on this 500 mile in a day trip!

This is the launch edition Project 45 and comes with a 73kwh useable battery pack, and is the 4 wheel drive version.

Hyundai claim 22kw charging speeds - can it reach this? Exactly how long will it take to recharge? Can i eat my noodles befores it’s finished?

All these questions answered, and stay subscribed for a more in-depth review detailing all the things i like and DONT like about this car.

[umers_vlogs]

I picked mine up a few days ago, I have to say I love everything about it.

[JohnAdams-kcwx]

Just bought one. Traded in our 20 month old X5. Never thought I’d prefer an electric car, but the Ioniq 5 is better looking, quicker, smoother and will save me £300 a month in diesel and road tax.

[CuriousDroid]

I have the EV6 GT which is not that less efficient and can get about 210 miles of range at 70mph. The reason why the Ioniq was so efficient is like my Nissan Leaf 2 which I still have, is the weight. My Leaf is 1580Kg and the Ionic is 1602kg, my EV6 and the Ioniq 5 to a lesser extent are much heavier, the GT comes is at 2200kg, that's 630 kg more than the Leaf. That's like carrying around six 105kg passengers plus the driver all the time, which uses a lot more power every time you accelerate, even gently and that's why many of the new cars are so inefficient.
Tesla makes their cars from aluminum which helps keep the weight down but even two very efficient motors and a big battery push the weight back up again.
Only when we make EVs in the sub-1500kg range will we see greater efficiencies from today's tech.

[nigelhudson]

Had my Ioniq 5 10 days and I'm loving it. Haven't had chance to do a long run yet - put less than 200 miles on it so far and haven't had chance to test the charge speed. Therefore your video was very interesting. With a combination of round-town running, short A-road dashes and some country runs I'm getting 4.4 miles/kWh.
I've turned the lane-assist off as it was getting on my nerves. I've got a long cross-country run coming up in a couple of weeks so I might fiddle with the settings to see if it can be made acceptable.

[rajesh.naik]

I liked your review. I have this car for past 3 months now. And I absolutely love it. It is so comfy, fast, spacious, luxurious, quite and has all the features which a car must have.

[IAWS]

Not a pretty car???? This is the best looking car made in a decade. Groundbreaking.

[noahderrington]

Love this car, especially the design and the lights. I took it for a test drive and was really impressed by the performance and interior space. It’s huge! And the rear seats recline, loads of leg room and very comfortable seats.

[Jawlf]

Amazing charge speed and looking forward to your full review, . The car certainly has it's own style and it is great that all manufacturers are not copying each other. I would also be interested to see how the different drive modes affect the motorway runs, especially when you can maintain 70MPH. The super fast charging really is a game changer and I believe is what is needed to bring more people over to owning an EV. Keep up the great videos!

[andreasljung]

The 20” wheels on this car reduce range by 7% according to Hyundai, hence the range will not be on par with specs. The 19” is a better choice and less costly too.

[bit]

I really like the look of this car - reminds of the old Lancia Integrale in the shape. If you asked an 80's hatchback designer to draw the hatchback of the future, i kind of feel that this is the car he would draw. We see a lot of them on the road up here in Norway, and they don't disappoint in the flesh. Selling like hotcakes up here.

[ecoess]

Love to see a 58kwh testing on a long journey. Most people only need this size and the quick charging is the game changer. A race between the ionic and id4 small batteries would be a fantastic video?

[tomattime]

Thoroughly entertaining and informative as always.

Another quiet day in the 4 wheeled office 👏🏽

[justinholding]

I feel the same. Never would have imagined liking a Hyundai..but this one definitely looks cool.

[johnmackay]

In an alternative world this is what the Austin Maestro becomes as British Leyland forge forward on their dominance of EV technology.

[TheJAMF]

The nose reminds me of the Alfa Romeo SZ from the end of the 80's. Love the hot hatch look and the luxury lounge-morphing seat. The glove-drawer is brilliant and I hope it will be copied all over. A shame about the door handles and the not so good efficiency at highway speeds.

[The-Gerrards-UK]

I test drove one of these recently and I have to say -- it's just not as good looking in real life as it seems in videos.

My wife, and I, were very excited when we went to the garage, we got there, and her first comment to me was not it is it, I hate it, that's not what you showed me in the video!". End of conversation. To be fair, the model we were test driving wasn't the Project 45 that Richard had the luxury of trying in this video, they did have one in the showroom we went to -- but that was only for the Manager apparently -- "customers can't have it" - nice, congrats on your new ride Manager-only bloke. That version definitely looked a bit better than our weird blue-ish thing they gave us, which was genuinely a yucky colour. It made *such* a difference. The nice(r) one, though, is not available to us mere mortals, we have to buy the blue thing in a different colour it seems, without most of the toys that are available on the rarerer than rocking horse manure Project 45. Having said that, the sales guy was very nice and incredibly tolerant of my wife spewing into her bucket, verbally. God bless you sir, and thank you for your patience and tolerance of a somewhat less than excited customer's wife! Credit to you and sorry for that!

We took it out anyway, and it was definitely nicer inside - actually, inside, this thing is quite nice, but no Tesla - not even close. Amazing how something can look great online, but so much different in real life. I'd not have believed it if I hadn't been there and witnessed it for myself. It's a lot chunkier in real life than it seems in videos, it's a *big lump* of car which I wasn't expecting. Also, the dual screens, MASSIVE bezels, like a CRT monitor from the 80's! They were so wide that you couldn't really read the Sat Nav very well since there wasn't enough road on the screen. On the plus side, it was pretty comfy I must say, those seats are lovely :-)

If you are considering this car, trust me, go look at it - not on YouTube, in real life. You may love it more and I hope you do, but I (we!) didn't -- and that was unexpected and somewhat sad.

If I had to sum up my drive, and feelings, in this car -- it would be "meh". Sorry Hyundai, I genuinely wanted to like it, but I definitely appreciated the sales guy's approach, he was lovely, and if you're reading this then full marks chief!

Thanks for the video Richard, love your views. How on Earth you run a business whilst keeping these honest reviews coming is beyond me, but please do, I love them, you're so balanced and real world.

[DominicJonesMrShed]

I've seen a few folks comparing it to a maestro - I can't see it (and I do keep looking!). The first thing it reminds me of is an updated Lancia Delta Integrale. Although as an ex Volvo 850 T5R driver, having driven it, the size of the boot reminds me more of that - How Hyundai have managed to get something the size of a Volvo estate and disguise it as an Integrale boggles the mind. To be fair both the Lancia and the Volvo are all-time faves - so a car that takes the best of both (and of course the AWD will outperform both the T5R and the Integrale on 0-60 times) is a complete winner for me. Mine arrives for Christmas ;-)

[slartybartfarst]

Real world informative and entertaining tests. Tesla Model S P85 owned 7 years 125, 000 uk miles, Ioniq 5 is the only EV Ive ever tested apart from Tesla. Those seats superb. Just down on performance for me and Ive been spoiled on charging so anything non Tesla an unknown but love the car.

[spikebmth]

Yet to drive an EV6, but prefer the look & feel of it to the Ioniq5. Our short drive of the Ioniq5 didn't overly impress, (maybe because was a mid spec, rather than top spec 45) however the charging speed, V2L are both impressive new features that hopefully will become a standard!

[standupmoto]

Thanks for a no bull real life report, well done.