Hyundai Ioniq Electric car review – DrivingElectric

It's not the latest and greatest electric car on the block any more, but does the Hyundai Ioniq Electric still make sense as an efficient, spacious and no-nonsense choice for the practical-minded zero-emissions motorist? Over to Grace to find out...

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[cbcdesign]

I got one of these a week ago. Weak points are the long charging time on DC chargers and not all the lights (indicators, internal roof lights and number plate lights) are LED even on the top of the range model. These issues aside though I think its a really good car. Lots of nice tech, really excellent efficiency, according to Bjorn Nyland's tests its one of the most efficient Evs you can buy in fact and whilst its not exciting to drive, its a very nice drive none the less. I am really pleased I chose it.

[orlovsskibet]

I think it looks great. One of the best looking EV's in my opinion.

[mastertry]

Never even knew about this car's existence until I was given it as a rental over the trip in LA few weeks ago. This car wasn't fast or anything but for like 3 days of driving it, its fuel gauge hardly moved and I thought it was broken at first but nah, its fuel efficiency was incredible and now I am looking to buy a used one for commute purpose.

[Azraltarux]

I drove this car from Zipcar London the other day and i have to say it feels like you are in a japanese gaming console! Interface is fitirustic and easy to access. Navigation is super detailed and far better then other models, no lag what so ever. great range and very good responce on the Sport mode!
Quiet, comfy and elegant, i would love to have this as an every day car for work in the city!

[jonathantaylor]

It's rather 'mean' to say that its 193 WLTP range is not as good as newer rivals, especially when you consider it's only got a 38kWh usable battery size.
The 'newer' (class-size smaller) Peugeot 208 has a 45kWh usable battery and only gets a handful of extra miles on WLTP - though, unlike the Ionic, most road testers have never achieved anything even close to the claimed WLTP in the Peugeot.

[robburcham]

When you want an all electric Prius this is the car. But I think all EVs should come with two ranges, an affordable standard range and also a long range, like Tesla does.

[Carlibra]

Regarding the front grill's dimpled look, it's done for the same reason golf balls use dimples, it' improves "slipperiness"

[MarkHewitt]

Hyundai really has a hole in its lineup at the moment for just an ordinary car EV since the Ioniq EV was discontinued last year. The Kona isn't a replacement as it is an SUV, the Ioniq 5 shares nothing in common with this car and its is huge same for Ioniq 6. My ideal EV would be this car as it is just with a battery upgrade to around 64kWh and charging of around 75kW. But it doesn't seem like Hyundai is interested in the affordable end of the market.

[lilacfiddler]

We have one of these, and we regularly get 5.5 - 6, miles per kwh over winter it was always above 4.7 m p kwh

[danielburgin]

4.5 mi/kWh? Easily getting 6.8 in this spring weather on A roads!

I'd think most people would find the Ioniq looks better than SUVs, the leaf, Zoe or and of VW's ID models. Personally, I'd only rate the Kia EV6 as better looking - without going into sports cars.

[toninocars]

To me looks really good, similar to Prius where all lines and crevices has to serve a purpose for aerodynamics and not like other fake looking cars with fake exhausts etc. Practicality over look wins. Great family ev. 👍

[FéargalO]

Not sure why so many people comment on its lack of good looks, i think it looks great..very practical and one of the most efficient EV's still in 2024.

[AndyKennedy]

Why isn't this video ranking higher? I've watched so many videos and thus is a better one.

And finally someone spells it what the SE version actually gets you with accuracy.

Nice work

[jonc-]

Pretty sure both Premium and Premium SE have adaptive cruise control

[philmorbey]

4.5 miles /kwh is not a good day figure on my 28kwh I average 4.4 miles/kwhwhich includes two winters since I last reset the guage, on a good day I get 6 + m/kwh! Adjustable regen is brilliant and it has a standard heat pump. Pay attention ford, volkswagon, audi, jaguar, vauxall et all!

[stevemccormack]

Its not exactly bad looking. Its ok. Most cars nowadays look worse. I mean why are the likes of Hyundai Kona, Peugeot e208 etc any better looking? I don't think they are. This latest version of the Ioniq seems to be improved all round. The battery is an optimal size - just about big enough. The problem of course is still the huge price for electric cars.

[GeorgeDavid]

American owner...My only beef is that here in NY we get the limited with no heated steering wheel and no heated rear seats..big mistake...but I love my car and I find sport mode with level 2 braking the best and it doesn't hurt the range as much..this handles like a sports car with Hyundai accent tires so I changed the tires and pirelli tires make a HUGE difference

[iamnot]

I have been driving one of these for the last 1.5 years and this is my review
1. charging at a supercharger is going to take you 1.5 hours and it only gets up to 42 kWh at the peak,
2. only consider buying it if you have a charger at your house or work, (not like a Tesla what you can consider living off supercharges)
3. in the summer it has a very good battery performance but when the temperature drops to below 45 degree the battery last at most to for 120 miles
4. your work zone most be in the 50 mile zone of your house do to the winter issue
5. in the winter the charging takes allot longer then normal
6. don’t take it on a road trip
7. Don’t buy it if you consider it to be your only vehicle

[toyotaprius]

Toyota is stupidly missing out on making an incredibly efficient EV with a smaller more affordable footprint than any American car. If Hyundai didn't delete the active cooling to fit more battery cells, it would be a killer of a car. In fact, the old 27kWh liquid cooled Ioniq was as close as revolutionary, it recharged very quickly repeatedly, keeping a cool correct temperature whilst still having the efficiency to go 130-150 miles on range.

The Ioniq, certainly the old one, is the new Prius as far as I'm concerned

[Richard-imm]

How is it driving during the winter cold weather