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whether hyundai, tesla, mercedes, etc., being a techie i knew i'd enjoy an ev.
the range is a bit less than i anticipated, but maybe that's because initially i was certainly driving it rather exuberantly.
now i'm experimenting with eco mode (+ i-pedal), and the miles per kwh are going up (3.5 now i think). so i guess with 77kwH battery x 3.5 that's ~270mi. not bad.
But but... automatic shutters have been in ICE cars a while now. No? Glad you like the car, Bit. Me... regardless what it is, I always enjoy a new car even when it lacks certain things from my previous one.
speaking of charging... i didn't charge it this week and after commute plus a couple of client visits today... it was about 25% when i got home. i plugged it into the barn L2 charger and it's up to about 72% now and still going. i charge in the daytime/evening rather than overnight for now because i like to bring the car into the garage at night.
once i have the garage charger it can do it overnight when needed. or rather, i'll just plug it in when i get home and it will run as long as it needs to. i certainly won't need to plug in every night.
i drive it most of the time in Eco mode now. it's still plenty quick enough.
i also set the climate to 'driver' mode, which means it doesn't bother running the fans for the passenger sides (or presumably rear vents).
i discovered that if you press and hold the media 'mode' button on the left side of the steering wheel, it brings up settings where you can specify which media sources you want the button to cycle through.
i set mine to FM, Bluetooth, and Apple Carplay (Projection). i couldn't care less about sirius or any other source.
very handy feature.
Glad you are enjoying your Ioniq (which I knew you would). We drove our 2020 Ioniq EV in Eco mode, and it drove just fine, even though it was only 138 hp.
BTW my Y detects if someone is sitting in the passenger and rear seats, and will disable fans in the passenger front and rear automatically.
One other thing I discovered about the Ioniq is if you leave something in the back like a backpack, it will warn you something is in the back. Cool feature
Glad you are enjoying your Ioniq (which I knew you would). We drove our 2020 Ioniq EV in Eco mode, and it drove just fine, even though it was only 138 hp.
BTW my Y detects if someone is sitting in the passenger and rear seats, and will disable fans in the passenger front and rear automatically.
One other thing I discovered about the Ioniq is if you leave something in the back like a backpack, it will warn you something is in the back. Cool feature
S-Flow Mode in Lexus speak. I enjoy that feature in my GS.
it's just a piece of plastic put over the charger flap while someone is charging it. i guess they're (needlessly) concerned about rain causing an issue?
and the poster is just another tesla/rivian shill...
about charging my new ev... the one thing driving one teaches is about electricity and math.
i know knowledgeable people here know all this, but i'm just 'journalling' in this thread in case someone considering an ev has a read...
so... level 2 charging uses a 240v home connection (direct wire or dryer plug) to 'charger' which connects to the car.
i see my high school physics teacher when i think of this formula:
W = V x A
(watts = volts x amps)
so... if i have a 25A charger for instance, that's:
W = 240 x 25
W = 6000 (or 6 kilowatts or 6kw)
a more powerful charger and circuit might deliver 40A to the car, or:
W = 240 x 40
W = 9.6kw
battery capacity is in kwh (or kilowatts per hour)
a car's consumption while driving, is expressed either as how many miles per kwh such as:
3m/kwh
or how many kwh is consumed per 100mi. (i don't relate to this one as i don't find it meaningful).
so about 3m/kwh example... if a car like mine has a 77kwh capacity battery, that means at that consumption (3), the whole battery has a range of 3 x 77 or 241miles.
obviously if one drives slower or less aggressively or other factors they might get 4m/kwh and thus the full range goes to 4x77 or 308 but from what i've experienced thus far, i think 4 isn't happening! fwiw i've been seeing 3.2-3.5 so far, mainly due to the fact that i have a 9mi highway drive from where i live to 'town' that's typically all 70mph and hilly.
back to charger speeds... even if one 'only' has a 6kw (25A) charging setup... that means we can add 6kwh to the battery each hour of charging.
so to recharge the 77kwh battery from say 10% - 80% (adding 70%) means adding .7 x 77 or ~54kwh.
at 6kwh charging, that's 54 / 6 hours or 9 hours, easily done overnight.
as has been pointed out endlessly, most people won't be startng from 10%, and charging to 80% may not be necessary unless one expects they're going to be doing a load of driving the next day without any additional charging.
so far, the lowest i've let the car go is 30% i think. my first recharge from maybe 90 to 99% using a level 1 charger which was completely stupid, ok, ok, i was a newbie.
hyundai recommends 'daily charging to 90%' is fine, but i typically don't need 90% so i'll recharge to 70 or 80.
since my temporary setup is out at my barn and i don't want to leave the car out there overnight (in case of a falling branch, squirrels running over the car, bird crap, etc. so i've been doing a few hours in the evening, then i'll bring the car back to the garage.
even with this limited setup, i've only needed to charge the car every 3 days or so!
to give an idea of my driving need, my office commute is 15 mi. and i will often do 1 or 2 other runs during the day from the office.
bottom line, the experience so far has shown charging at home is not bad at all, as yes, i know, everyone experienced here has said.
this week i will get the wired in 48A charger in my garage which will allow 11kw charging, making things even easier, although i will no longer get the walking exercise to and from my barn.
about charging my new ev... the one thing driving one teaches is about electricity and math.
i know knowledgeable people here know all this, but i'm just 'journalling' in this thread in case someone considering an ev has a read...
so... level 2 charging uses a 240v home connection (direct wire or dryer plug) to 'charger' which connects to the car.
i see my high school physics teacher when i think of this formula:
W = V x A
(watts = volts x amps)
so... if i have a 25A charger for instance, that's:
W = 240 x 25
W = 6000 (or 6 kilowatts or 6kw)
a more powerful charger and circuit might deliver 40A to the car, or:
W = 240 x 40
W = 9.6kw
battery capacity is in kwh (or kilowatts per hour)
a car's consumption while driving, is expressed either as how many miles per kwh such as:
3m/kwh
or how many kwh is consumed per 100mi. (i don't relate to this one as i don't find it meaningful).
so about 3m/kwh example... if a car like mine has a 77kwh capacity battery, that means at that consumption (3), the whole battery has a range of 3 x 77 or 241miles.
obviously if one drives slower or less aggressively or other factors they might get 4m/kwh and thus the full range goes to 4x77 or 308 but from what i've experienced thus far, i think 4 isn't happening! fwiw i've been seeing 3.2-3.5 so far, mainly due to the fact that i have a 9mi highway drive from where i live to 'town' that's typically all 70mph and hilly.
back to charger speeds... even if one 'only' has a 6kw (25A) charging setup... that means we can add 6kwh to the battery each hour of charging.
so to recharge the 77kwh battery from say 10% - 80% (adding 70%) means adding .7 x 77 or ~54kwh.
at 6kwh charging, that's 54 / 6 hours or 9 hours, easily done overnight.
as has been pointed out endlessly, most people won't be startng from 10%, and charging to 80% may not be necessary unless one expects they're going to be doing a load of driving the next day without any additional charging.
so far, the lowest i've let the car go is 30% i think. my first recharge from maybe 90 to 99% using a level 1 charger which was completely stupid, ok, ok, i was a newbie.
hyundai recommends 'daily charging to 90%' is fine, but i typically don't need 90% so i'll recharge to 70 or 80.
since my temporary setup is out at my barn and i don't want to leave the car out there overnight (in case of a falling branch, squirrels running over the car, bird crap, etc. so i've been doing a few hours in the evening, then i'll bring the car back to the garage.
even with this limited setup, i've only needed to charge the car every 3 days or so!
to give an idea of my driving need, my office commute is 15 mi. and i will often do 1 or 2 other runs during the day from the office.
bottom line, the experience so far has shown charging at home is not bad at all, as yes, i know, everyone experienced here has said.
this week i will get the wired in 48A charger in my garage which will allow 11kw charging, making things even easier, although i will no longer get the walking exercise to and from my barn.
it's just a piece of plastic put over the charger flap while someone is charging it. i guess they're (needlessly) concerned about rain causing an issue?
and the poster is just another tesla/rivian shill...
thanks for crapping in my thread though.
That cover is completely not necessary, BTW. You can confidently charge your Ioniq in the pouring rain
10-20-23, 08:11 AM
