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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Anecdotal, but my personal experience with an Ioniq 5 in -28C increased the power consumption by about 50% over summer driving. My test was about 42 km, done with comfortable, driver-only cabin heat on a flat highway with no wind.

    Average highway consumption is about 20 kWh/100km, that test was 29.3 kWh/100km.

    Saying that, an EV is quite practical in Saskatchewan, Canada. Charging is finally getting to a point where that extreme winter range limitation is less of an issue. Having a second ICE vehicle does take the pressure off if one absolutely has to travel when it’s that cold out though.




  • For sure, a level 2 is much faster. My point was more if you go to say a cottage for the weekend, you’re still able to plug in there and would likely be close to full in the 2-3 days you’re parked there.

    In my Ioniq 5, I’d be pretty much full with level 2 (240V) overnight, but the level 1 (120V) would only get around 20%. But, the slow charging isn’t too much of a concern if I’m staying somewhere for a couple days.

    All I’m saying is that it’s possible to fuel your car nearly any time it’s parked.






  • I found that even if the salesperson is excited, there are still some knowledge gaps. I asked for my Ioniq to be charged to 100% on pickup (had a ways to drive), but found it was only 70% or so. The salesman said their charger was “too slow” (?) but they’d pay for the fast charge, so he came with me to the charger to authorize it.

    My charge request was a few days prior to pickup, so in reality, they could’ve just plugged the 120v in the day before and it would’ve been full, and they didn’t need to accompany me to the charger to start it if I just told them which to activate through the app when I was there.

    Saying that, he was quite knowledgeable about their EVs, just obviously wasn’t familiar with some of the more nuanced operational things.