This week's EV bargain that I'm not buying

Maybe start your own thread, so we can give specific advice.

I am an ioniq 28kWh owner (not for sale). The warranty for them is typically 5 years everything, 8 years or 200,000km (whichever comes first) on battery. Newer models it's 160,000km. (Less)

While the cars and in particular the batteries give little to no trouble even at high mileage there is some reports of motor bearings/reduction gearbox bearings going around 180,000km on specific bad batches of cars that had alignment issues. Not common but a risk if out of warranty. Any minor glitch might also need a dealer visit with a risk of a high bill. Compared to a leaf they are more reliable and the batteries could last to 300,000km or more, yet to be seen.

Things I would question, would you save money with such short trips? Would you end up with the EV on the odd long trip and are you willing to possible queue at a public charger at peak times when say you need to make a trip beyond 160km on a motorway (80km from home). The ioniq does tend to charge back up twice as fast as a leaf so a typical 20 minute ioniq stop versus a 40 minute leaf stop.

Typically it would be better to spend say 17k on the same car with only 100,000km and say a years battery warranty. This should be easier to resell in 3 or 4 years with your low mileage versus trying to sell a car with 250,000km on it. You could also buy a newer year car thus the 5/8 year limit would cover you for 2 or 3 years at low mileage.

The bargain basement end is higher risk and there is often a reason these cars are cheap.

Beware a 28kWh ioniq might struggle 160km in worst case conditions of high motorway speed , and below freezing conditions like we get end of January each year. You can top up at work but beware work chargers could get very busy in next 12 or 24 months and no guarantee they will work reliably or be fixed quickly if broken. You also want to allow some spare range for evening trips to shops or visiting friends. My ioniq was used for a 110km commute which was ideal as it left spare range and was guaranteed to make the trip in worst case winter. I would not recommend a 28kWh for a 160km commute due to needing to possibly charge 2 times per day sometimes but it could be done and 160km range could be done if you slowed down when freezing temperatures reduce range. A car with 38kWh+ battery would make life more comfortable but cost more.