38kWh Ioniq

Depends very much upon your driving style and temperature etc.

The missus had a 28kWh for two years and regularly did a 150km trip, usually had between 30 and 70 kms remaining indicated. She is a smooth driver, but doesn't hang around. This trip was roughly half motorway and half slower roads.

You can work out pro rata with the 38kWh battery, I presume efficiency is similar with the two cars.

One thing to check with the 38kWh Ioniq is the front seats, if you are tall they don't lower as far as the 28.

That's good to hear, it is just something I remember from some of the 'Journalists' re the battery in the 38kWh under the front seats. I am a little less tall than you and the seating position was also fine for me.

I drive on national roads and get 320km in summer and 260km in winter. I weekly do a 230km trip and have never had to charge mid trip in any weather.

Can I ask you what kind of speed you would be averaging to get that sort of range?

Depends on kms driven on the car and if there's any scratches etc, just the general condition of the car, I'd guess at around 20k euros for a 202 reg with reasonably low kms

I have 202 and I face an issue sometimes the radio goes silent and shows "Feature is not available at the moment" while driving. If I switch to Apple Music it works fine. Has anyone ever faced it?

I will give it a try; thank you! Honestly, I got confused by the word "Navigation" - I thought it was just a maps update, nothing else.

Yes and no. Depending on the time of year. Ideally look at actual consumption while driving (not the guessed range).

if you can get better than 17kW/100km consumption then you will make it.

If temperature drops below 5 degrees, if there are head winds, if there is rain, you may need to drop top speed to 100km/h. A slight drop in speed will make a massive difference. If I was driving that route regularly I would get a car with a 60+ kWh battery to have extra safety margin and to allow for roadworks, delays , headwinds etc.

In summer you should be ok, and even spring and autumn. Ideally preheat car in home charger before leaving and charge just before heading off so battery is a bit warm.

Looking at potentially to pick up an import ioniq 38 this week, it will be my first Ev so wish me luck!

We were in-between a leaf and an ioniq, leaf has a bigger boot which would be a plus for us, but the ioniq higher spec and features won the day. We still have an ice estate for the boot if we need it

As far as I've read, the warranty should carry over but just wondering if anyone has gone through any warranty process with an import and was there any issues?

Is there anything I need to prove the warranty? (like proof of a yearly service or something)

Anything imparticular I should look out for when checking out the car?

Thanks!

I had recalls performed here for free on a UK imported ioniq. I sent an email to Hyundai Ireland with vin and reg and asked was there any open recalls.

Beware Hyundai in general are not great on warranty claims, they tend to try fob you off. They may be less helpful on cars they did not sell themselves.

Check what the warranty was in the UK when the car was sold, different years may have had different warranty lengths.

I brought my still in warranty Hyundai to the local dealership recently looking to get some warranty work done.

They wouldn't do anything until I could provide invoices to show them that I had it fully serviced in line with their requirements.

I got the feeling that they'd use every excuse under the sun to fob me off so I'd never come back.

If you end up getting the car in Belfast make sure they charge it to 100% before you collect it.

Make sure you have all the apps that you need for charging and try to choose a charging site with more than one charger.

Also have a backup charge site or two sorted out just incase there are any problems.

I was looking on Donedeal for down here and UsedcarsNI for up north.

Not an expert by any stretch, just repeating what I learnt from here.

If the car is a NI reg, is older than 6 months old and has certain amount of milage (6k KM) and has a Open Market selling price of less than €40k, then its VAT and VRT free. The OMSP is not something you get to decide, Revenue estimated the car I was buying was worth €35k or something. You can tell a NI reg by the it having 3 letters at the start.

UK reg cars need to have been in NI since 2021 and apparently you will need to prove it somehow.

Some more info about it here: https://www.ncts.ie/1209/

Does anyone know if your dealer can check the battery's SoH for degradation as part of the regular servicing?

I am approaching a mileage of 65k (done in 22 months), so I am wondering if the amount of charging (primarily up to 100% AC) over this period would affect the battery in any noticeable way. Can dealers do it? And if not, is there any way you can do it yourself?

It's a full European warranty so it's covered here same as any other Hyundai. I had a couple of recalls done on mine and zero issues with the dealer - you have no worries on that front.

Excellent super efficient EV that's a pleasure to drive, you'll love it.

I have viewed several Kona 64 kWh (which share the same battery architecture as Ioniq 38 kWh) and I used an OBD II device to read parameters including the SoH. I have not encountered any that showed 100%, even ones with mileage as low as 60,000 km. All but one had the HV battery replaced, but all showed a SoH decrease, ranging from 98.4% to 91.8%. The lowest one had a replaced HV battery, while the one with the original HV battery was at 96.8%.

I have read various opinions stating that the SoH number presented over OBD II is based on the cell voltage balance, rather than a measure of the remaining capacity. I for one would look at:

• The ratio between AC and DCFC charges: look for low to no DCFC, as slow charges are less demanding (lower C charge)
• Average rate of discharge, which can be computed by dividing Cumulative Energy Discharged (kWh) by the mileage of the current HV battery. Average for Kona would be around 160 Wh/km.