Hyundai Ioniq 6

CivilEx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121929244#Comment_121929244

The Ioniq 6 has a 5 year unlimited milage warranty...with the usual exclusions on consumable items. The 12v battery is 2 years. The high voltage battery has an 8 year warranty or 160,000km, whichever comes first.

Mad_Lad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121929884#Comment_121929884

Yeah same battery warranty on i3 but normal warranty expires in October when it's 3 years old.

CivilEx

So when the topic of EV's comes up at work the main question I keep getting asked is "never mind what the manufacturer says, what is the range of the Ioniq 6 in the real world?"

So I decided to carry out an experiment this week by not using the public charging network while out on a longer trip and test the range (with a close eye on my bail out charging options near the end). I know that Ioniq 6 boards users are rare, but I decided to post up the results here anyway.

During my multi day trip I had about 160km of driving at 120km/h on the motorway, about an hour in stop start traffic in the city (maybe 30km) and the remainder was on national primary routes at 100km/h. I got home with 4% left in the battery having completed 502km, which gives an overall range of about 520km for that mix of driving speeds, some of it in quite wet weather. (Normal driving mode, regen level 3 and aircon on at all times).

The efficiency worked out at 14.4kWh/100km overall. Within the trip, the efficiency of the final leg of 213km in dry, warmer weather today was 13.1kWh/100km.

Comer1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122087712#Comment_122087712

That's excellent!

denismc

Thats impressive efficiency, My average over 2 years in the Ioniq 5 is about 16kWh/100km and I have a light foot.

500km is massive when you consider Cork to Belfast is about 450km, although realistically most of that is motorway and you are probably not going to achieve the same efficiency.

CivilEx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122090718#Comment_122090718

The typical efficiency I saw on the motorway this week was around 16.5kWh/100km. So based on that, the upper range of the car at solely (only) motorway speeds is 450km (74.5kwh/16.5kWh/100km). It wasn't that efficient last Jan though in the colder, wet weather.

Taking the Cork/Belfast trip you mention, of the roughly 420km (depending on where you measure from/to), from memory you have the N7/M50 (40 km?) and parts of the A1 (20 km?) at 100km/h. The remaining 360km is at 120km/h or 70 mph (112km/hr).

Cork/Belfast is definitely within the range of the car without stopping based on my experience this week. There is a growing list of other popular EV's that could also do it also though such as a long range Tesla M3 or a BYD Seal I think.

I don't think I could do 4.5 to 5 hours in the car though without a comfort break. 😏

CivilEx

For anyone curious about the 15,000km EV health check that Hyundai do, I had my Ioniq 6 in for this check with my local Hyundai main dealer earlier today. To start with, the cost for this was €0. Even though EV’s require nowhere near as much maintenance as ICE cars, preventative maintenance is still important as there are mechanical parts which should be checked periodically.

For me, two dealer only software updates were installed and that makes three of these updates now in six months. (1) March – ICCU related, (2) June – Front radar / safety system? (3) June – ICCU related (software & fuse check). Ioniq 5 and EV6 may have similar updates to be installed.

Once dropped off, all communications on progress afterward were via text message. I received a link to a video (Quik Auto Dealer) which the technician prepared, taking me through his inspection process while the car was on the lift (all as below), so communications from the dealer were very good and a lot better than I would have had from BMW in the past.

Tyre check – Nexen NFera Sport225/55 R18 EV – tyre tread depth check. Some have reported very high tyre wear on their EV’s (<15,000km on a set), but these Nexens seem to be good for at least 30,000km based on current tyre wear.

Suspension / steering – checked shock absorbers, springs, drop links / d bush, trailing arm bushing, track control, CV joints, drive shafts.

Brake pads / discs – wear check on all four, check for corrosion, brake lines.

Drive train – visual check on reduction gear and traction motor for oil or coolant leaks.

You local mechanic could do these of course, but not for €0.

Electrical – high voltage cables external visual check, check battery pack for visual damage / impacts. It was noted that a diagnostic was run generally on the electrical system and no error codes appeared.

The next one at 30,000km won’t be free as there will be work to be done over and above the vehicle health check I believe.

MojoMaker

Approaching Tesla levels of efficiency @CivilEx - that's impressive.

denismc

I don't do the 15 km check as it's an absolute waste of time, I do 30k km a year so that means leaving the car twice a year.

We have an ID3 and the service interval is every 2 years regardless of mileage, that seems a little more reasonable.

CivilEx

Well done Blake, I enjoyed your review! Good work on the channel guys http://www.youtube.com/%40evplatform @derekreilly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbbhPo8v6Vw

BrianD3

I love the look of these but not sure I could live with the boot and the boot opening. If the car was super efficient I might forgive lack of practicality but is the car that efficient. It's undoubtedly good but is it as good as the Model 3 - which has a better boot than the Ioniq 6.

I've lost count of the number of Model 3s I've seen on the road but the Ioniq 6 is a rare beast, I've seen one on the road.

Even comparing the efficiency with that of the Megane etech, a cheaper and much blockier car, Bjorn got virtually identical efficiency (at both 90 and 120 km/h) for the Ioniq at 9 degrees as he did for the Megane at 13 degrees.

CivilEx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122659215#Comment_122659215

I'm not sure about efficiency on the roads of Norway and Sweden :) but in Ireland, the real world efficiency of the Ioniq 6 is around 13.9kWh/100km or a range of 540km when 25% of that is on motorway. As with all EV's the range will be lower in the winter and lower again if all motorway driving.

The boot is shallow as you say - so it won't suit a lot of families, but it takes plenty of bags on the way to the airport anyway...