Close to 6K miles on my Ioniq 5. (6 Months).
I live in a Rural area, nearest grocery store is 35-40 Minutes away. Nearest Hardware store or general shopping is 40 minutes away. Nearest ER/Hospital is more than an hour away. A family doctor (or even a nurse) is 40 minutes away. I have to leave house with a list of things to get/do and make sure I check off everything before I return home. If I forget to buy something in a store, I am pretty much screwed. It is nearly a 2 hour effort to go and comeback (long and tiring), plus gas (previous car). Nothing close, pretty remote [you get the picture]. We needed a true grocery getter, which is 80%-90% of our travels in the year.
I was hesitant at first but decided to get one anyway. Walked into dealership and bought one brand new. I self installed a Level 2 Charger, maxing out 48A on 60A circuit breaker and charge our car at home. Nearest DC charger is more than an hour away. If i am on a road trip, plenty of apps to locate DC chargers around. Car hits 80% charge on a DC charger (350kw) in under 18 Minutes (Max). By the time I use the restroom, get some coffee and a donut, charging is almost done. Having a 800V architecture battery in a car is nice. Most BEV cars in the market today run on 400v, with most manufacturers moving towards 800v+ architectures in the future. [ 400V vs 800V ]. Competition is good, this pushes everyone else to do more and better. Overall pretty satisfied with our purchase [I do me, you do you]
I know there are folks who live much deeper in rural/remote areas. But its doable (I think), unless you are over 200 miles from nearest civilization then it might require a lot of planning [as of today]
I do have another ICE car, sort of like a backup generator, which rarely gets used other than towing, offroading or if the ioniq 5 is in use. Thinking of replacing it with a BEV truck in near future and get a beater ICE for as a cheaper backup.
I live in a Rural area, nearest grocery store is 35-40 Minutes away. Nearest Hardware store or general shopping is 40 minutes away. Nearest ER/Hospital is more than an hour away. A family doctor (or even a nurse) is 40 minutes away. I have to leave house with a list of things to get/do and make sure I check off everything before I return home. If I forget to buy something in a store, I am pretty much screwed. It is nearly a 2 hour effort to go and comeback (long and tiring), plus gas (previous car). Nothing close, pretty remote [you get the picture]. We needed a true grocery getter, which is 80%-90% of our travels in the year.
I was hesitant at first but decided to get one anyway. Walked into dealership and bought one brand new. I self installed a Level 2 Charger, maxing out 48A on 60A circuit breaker and charge our car at home. Nearest DC charger is more than an hour away. If i am on a road trip, plenty of apps to locate DC chargers around. Car hits 80% charge on a DC charger (350kw) in under 18 Minutes (Max). By the time I use the restroom, get some coffee and a donut, charging is almost done. Having a 800V architecture battery in a car is nice. Most BEV cars in the market today run on 400v, with most manufacturers moving towards 800v+ architectures in the future. [ 400V vs 800V ]. Competition is good, this pushes everyone else to do more and better. Overall pretty satisfied with our purchase [I do me, you do you]
I know there are folks who live much deeper in rural/remote areas. But its doable (I think), unless you are over 200 miles from nearest civilization then it might require a lot of planning [as of today]
I do have another ICE car, sort of like a backup generator, which rarely gets used other than towing, offroading or if the ioniq 5 is in use. Thinking of replacing it with a BEV truck in near future and get a beater ICE for as a cheaper backup.