I snagged a 2025 Ioniq 5 to replace my 2021 Chevy Bolt yesterday and already put 150 miles on it. I’m kind of blown away and wanted to share some things that stood out.
- The car is wide. Much wider than the Bolt. Gonna take some getting used to.
- Not sure how I lived without a power lift gate until now. It was great when loading laundry and groceries into the trunk.
- The driver seat can lay completely flat - flatter than the zero gravity mode that you may have seen. Perfect for napping while waiting at the laundromat, and I’m looking forward to trying it while car camping.
- You can pull the car forward and backwards with the keyfob while standing outside of it. Already used it twice - once to pull out of a tight parking spot, once to center myself after street parking a bit crooked.
- The surround view is incredible. It made parallel parking an absolute breeze.
- Autopilot is scary but works. I was only brave enough to use it on the highway with no other cars around.
- Auto-parking doesn’t seem to work very well, but I’ll have to play around with it.
Overall I’m super happy with the car and keep looking for excuses to go somewhere. Happy to answer any questions.
I got a 2025 Ioniq 5 too and absolutely love it.
Except for the lack of hitch availability. Ecohitch and Stealth Hitch are the only two options available at the moment and they’re both made in the US.
There’s another 5 years until we replace our vehicle. But I still eye the Ioniq reviews with envy. It looks like a great vehicle.
Great car as long as you don’t have an iccu failure. My car is a year old and has been at the dealer for the last month because of an iccu failure and part being back ordered.
Yeah, I think its pretty bad how Hyundai handles the issue with defective ICCUs. If this part fails so often, why does it take weeks to deliver? I’ve heard stories about people waiting more than a month for that part, and the spare part failed again after some time.
I’ve been waiting a month and still no time frame.
It took over 3 months to have the ICCU replaced in my EV6. I filed a lemon law claim on it and Kia is buying it back
I wish Canada had lemon laws or I’d sell the car back
Congratulations! I love the retro-futuristic headlight style on those. Your DC fast charging speed must also wildly faster, im envious of new EVs in comparison to my 2016. They’ve come a long way
Thanks! The car definitely stands out in a parking lot and I’ve received a few compliments from strangers already. Looking forward to charging it for the first time and seeing how fast it actually is, and the NACs port is a huge plus in my area.
I forgot where I read this but I saw a review that ranked the best 2025 non-Tesla EV’s for the US market. Number one was the Ioniq 5 and number two was the BMW i4 M50. Ever so slight price difference between the two. (/s)
I5 won multiple ‘the best EV’ awards period, not best ‘non-Tesla’ and it even won against European carmakers on its homeground.
How’s the road noise?
Minimal. Much quieter than a Model 3.
As an I5 guy too, the i5 doesn’t have autopilot like you may think. It’s highway drive assist is what you’re likely referring to. And I wouldn’t trust the car to drive on regular town roads better than it would on the highway.
It works best using the smart cruise+steering assist. And it’s exceptionally handy in stop and go traffic.
How bad internet-connected surveillance?
Do they have the legal right to determine if you’re fucking in the car and sell your performance data to third parties?
I’m too ugly to have sex so it’s a non issue
Just just got a 25 Ioniq 6 Limited about a month ago. I will echo most of the points here. It’s wider than the Kona we had previously, enough that the parking sensors are very unhappy while pulling in or out of the garage. The driver assist features are fantastic, used them both ways for a recent 3.5 hour trip and it was a game changer. They aren’t true autopilot (in the way Tesla advertises it), they are fully driver assistance features that take 80% of the load from you but REQUIRE you to pay attention since they will disengage without warning, and don’t handle some situations well (like lanes splitting apart). We find the fast charger is fantastic, IDK why more manufacturers aren’t putting 800v architectures into their cars. Charged 20-80 in literally 20 minutes last week at a 150kV EVgo station. Everyone else was taking easily twice that long. The V2L feature turned out to be a game changer. We just had a very bad storm in the Pittsburgh area last week and were without power for almost three days. Used the interior plug to keep the chest freezer running to drastically reduce our food losses. Running it for 8 hour overnight used about 4% battery. We are picking up a true V2L adapter to use the J1772 port and not have to leave the car on overnight for future needs. I think the auto parking seems pretty gimmicky, I can’t think of a case where I would not want to pull into a spot on my own, but it’s not so busy that I’m comfortable gaffing about with the auto parking. Maybe for parallel parking since we don’t do much of that. We liked the surrounding view the first couple weeks but I end up mostly just using my mirrors and the normal backup camera since I find it more natural still. We mostly turn off the parking sensor alerts, I wish I could disable them without disabling other alerts (or even just the side ones, they are super sensitive and not helpful IMO).
Appreciate the insights. The Ioniq 5 is a sweet car, probably my favorite looking EV with the retro-futuristic styling. The Bolt is a solid car and at the time we got ours, with all the incentives thrown in, was an insane value. 3 years in and still no complaints with our Bolt EUV, but when we eventually replace our aging Subaru, we’ll seriously consider Hyundai/Kia.
I love how they look. If I were in a better financial situation I would love to sell my model 3 and get one.
