Hyundai Ioniq 5

Is it likely that they will switch over to USB-C ports in the car for the 2023 model? The USB-A looks a bit antiquated at this stage.

Yeah same for me. Once my Premium Plus company car was cancelled our lease company re-ordered the new version for Jan 2023 delivery.

If I remember correctly I think it took about 6 weeks.

That was 4 years ago the process might have speeded up since.

It's honestly not that big a deal. You can buy tiny plug in usb-A to C adaptors for peanuts.

Has anyone had trouble charging from home using the eo mini Pro 2? I had it installed about 6 weeks ago through Energia had no trouble but this evening wouldn't connect to the car for aome reason, blue light on the charger flashing on off? Went to my local esb charger no problem connecting so obviously something up at home, strange.

It hasn’t, i got mine last year, and took at least 6 weeks. SEAI, have two speeds - slow & stop. Same for other grants i got from them.

Has anyone had issues with scheduled charging not working?

We plugged in at 6pm last night and the charge was due to start at 12.10 last night but it never kicked in and I had to manually start it at 5 this morning.

Not sure yet on the Ioniq 5 as we only have it two weeks but it costs about €4.50 to charge my ID3 from 20-80% and I'm getting around 200km from that 60% which I'm happy with considering its lots of 2km journeys spread over the day. So even if I get 180KM from my charge it'll be 2.5c per km.

Our Karoq was doing similar trips and it was doing between 8-10l/100KM (much better on a longer journey though). At 8L that was around 625-650km from a tank and would cost around €90 to fill it (€1.80/l last time we filled it before trading it for the Ioniq). So if at the 650KM and the €90 to fill it was costing about 13.5c per km.

Either way we didn't buy either EV to actually save money on running costs. I bought the ID3 as it was similarly priced to an automatic golf at the time and we got the Ioniq to have a bigger car than the Karoq (got an excellent deal on it as well in fairness). They are far easier and more comfortable than any of our previous cars and both are a step up tech wise.

I am paying ,07 cent incl vat per kWh on night rate with Energia

We use approx 13-14 kWh per 100km so approx 1 EUR

I was also on 7c but they have all increased their rates since Apr/May.

Are you sure you are still paying 7c?

~10c is what the majority are offering now for night rate.

Yes the missus has had a few problems, but lately all seems good. She's away today but will ask her later, but I think she stopped using the app to set up timer, now just using car.

The charging lights on car charge port all flash for a while when the set up is correct and the car is plugged in, so it seems.

Yes I think she also starts at 00:10. I know she also had some problems with the clock not remembering the correct time, but that seems fine now. She also did an manual software update a while ago, not sure if that helped.

I don't have an EV yet but even at a 24hr rate of 25c/kWh, at 20kWh/100km that's €5. My Golf was doing 6.5L/100km which at 2.19/L is €14.23. My last fill 4 weeks ago was 1.89/L which is €12.34 so even with a normal petrol cost it's still more than double a crappy 24hr rate. Pretty decent savings to be made with an EV.

I see Energia have a smart plan that's 23.61c day, 24.74c peak, 18c night rate. Some day rates are 28c. I'm currently paying 25.xx 24hr rate with Electric Ireland. Most smart plans are shocking. One of them had a standing charge that was €100 more?

EI were 26% off when i signed up recently, but discount has gone up to 30 % since then, making this very compeditive day/night rates:

Vat is 9% now on electricity.