Just buy the newest you can afford. You can still get them brand new on lease for £250ish (in the UK)

 

Hi James, I just bought an Ioniq 5 two weeks ago and love it! It's a 2023 MY and I got a very big discount on it. I had to fly to another state and drive it home, but it was worth the trouble. Your commute isn't too far, so any of the older cars should make it without trouble. Check with your state and electrical utility in your area, here in Oregon, Pac Power gives 75% of the cost of a level two charger up to $500. To make this really work, you will want to be able to charge at home. The commercial chargers I have found are like .56 cents a kilowatt hour. I drove a 2013 Volt for 8 years for my commute which was 43 miles round trip. I was able to make it almost every day on just electricity, even in the winter! But the winters in Oregon aren't like winter in other parts of the country. 😅 Good luck!

 

Thank you !

 

2019 (28kWh) base level does not have as many features. I believe you have to go Limited to get blind spot alerts/adaptive cruise.

2020 gets a little more range..a little slower DC fast charging if that’s something you need.

2017-2019 has almost no maintenance prior to 8-10 years is the coolant replacement then recommended to do every 2 years

https://owners.hyundaiusa.com/content/dam/hyundai/us/myhyundai/manuals/glovebox-manual/2019/ioniq-ev/2019%20Ioniq%20EV%20OM.pdf

2020-2022 - maintenance is 3years/40k miles to replace coolant

https://owners.hyundaiusa.com/conte...ai/manuals/glovebox-manual/2020/ioniq-electric/2020 Ioniq EV Owner's Manual.pdf

 

Love the idea of little to no maintenance!

 

If applicable, especially in cold weather states, ensure the EV you get has a heat pump. It's a godsend. I can have the cabin at 80°F and only use 2.5kW or even less to maintain that temp even when outside temp drops as low as 32-35°F. GOM drops 5ish miles off the range for Virgil. Below that 30°F point and the GOM drops 15-20ish miles off the range. The initial heat up is around 4.5kW. I shudder to think what it'd be without the heatpump.

 

I am in California and it rarely drops below 30 degrees where I am, but we do have a couple of months where we are into the low 40s especially in the mornings. I might have to park the car outside also. Thank you !

 

If you only travel 32 miles a day you don't need a level 2 charger a level 1 will do. Do you have 15 amp 120 outlets or 20 amp 120 outlets. I charge my car on the stock a 12 amp charger which is the max you can put on a 15 amp breaker, that's about 3 miles per hour,. At my last house I had a 20 amp breaker so I could use a 16 amp charger, which is about 5 miles per hour. Unless you need to charge the car up with in ten hours over night I would not spend the extra money to geta level 2 charger.