Ioniq 6, my first EV, I'm never going back
Last year, after totaling my gas guzzling Mercedes C300, I decided that I was finally going to give the electric car market a chance. After shopping around quite a bit, I finally settled on the Hyundai Ioniq 6. I have now owned this car for one year, and it has been a delight! It is by the far the nicest car I have ever owned, it is reliable, the ride is smooth and comfortable, it has a large amount of cargo space for a sedan (especially with the back seats folded down), it has acceleration that is absolutely OUT OF THIS WORLD, and it is a visually striking, unique and beautiful car. Not only that, it is much cheaper to operate than any other car I have ever owned. I get to drive for the first two years for free, because the car comes with two years of free charging at Electrify America charging stations, but even after that, when I am doing most of my charging at home, I have found that it costs me, on average, about 8 dollars to fully charge my car at home. I usually charge about 4 times a month, so that works out to about 32 dollars a month to drive my car, compared to the roughly 270 dollars a month I was spending on gas for my old Mercedes. It's not a perfect car, the frunk (front trunk) is so small that it's basically useless, the collision detection system is a bit too sensitive, it beeps at you sometimes even if nothing is in front of you, and the Apple Carplay is basically unusable because if you try to play music with it it will keep cutting in and out. Fortunately, if you just use bluetooth this isn't a problem, it's only an issue if you connect via USB. The knobs and dials on the dashboard are too small and kind of obnoxious to use, but at least the car has buttons, too many electric cars nowadays have no buttons at all, only a touchscreen. From what I have found, the range is actually slightly better than advertised too, I've been able to get 400 miles of range out of a single charge a few times. Usually I get about 360 to 370. I was able to haul a big vintage teak and jade desk that my father gave me by just shoving it in the trunk, putting the back seats down, and then shoving it up against the front seats. None of the other cars I have owned (all sedans) could have possibly fit this desk in their trunks. The storage space in the Ioniq 6 is impressive, and very convenient. In addition, the price is just right. I only paid 26k, after all the tax credits, rebates, and bonus cash, and I bought the car brand new!
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