I haven't tried it yet, but I think it's as many 30 minute sessions as you can use, but with a minimum 60 minute interval between charge sessions.

 

Yup. That’s exactly what I said…

 

I'm wondering if it is solely tied to your account or if it somehow is detecting the vehicle as well. Basically, if you have the free charging enabled on your account and you charge with another EV, will it apply the free 30 minute session or will it recognize that you're not charging your Ioniq 5 and proceed with normal billing?

 

I tried EA for the first time yesterday -- they EA station recognized the car upon plug-in and was able to charge without any other login. I assume it looks at VIN.

 

Wonder if Canadian-sold I5s get the same treatment. That'd make trips to the states amazing!

 

No they do not, not in Canada and for USA access requires a US vin for the program offer

 

Say you use this for a couple of times a week every week for 2 years.

How much will the battery degrade by, by constant use of the fast chargers?

Will the money you are saving with free charging cost you more in the long run with regards to the health of the battery long term?

 

The battery degradation is mostly due to heat, and the I5 has liquid cooled batteries. Teslas do 200K miles with limited loss of battery, so it should be ok. I wouldn't do this with a non-liquid cooled EV (Soul, Niro, Kona, etc)

 

Manual states DC once per month, more regular use may lead to quicker degradation, one would only know this if they did and there was a test comparison.

 

What is the Ioniq5 charging plan that they state in that post by Jedi?

 

US Ioniq 5 gets 2 years of free Electrify America unlimited 30 minute charging sessions.

 

i was in the impression that like ID4, Ioniq 5 will be getting free 30min with 30min intervel for 2 years (ID4 is 3 years unlimited with 30 min free and 30 min intervel)
is this something changed recently by Hyundai ?

 

Nope, the plan hasn't changed for the Ioniq 5, it just seems a lot of people didn't look at the fine print. The ID.4 plan from VW and Ioniq 5 plan from Hyundai are not in any way related other than they both have separate contracts with Electrify America.

 

I got the chargepoint card for my ioniq 5. I can't use the electrify america stations with chargepoint card.

 

No, you can't use Electrify America with Chargpoint, two competing charger networks. Why would you think you could?

 

I used a 350kW EA charger yesterday. The session was only 23 minutes but I got charged for it! Has anyone else had this problem?

 

Did you activate the Ioniq5 premium offer plan in the EA app? if you did you should call customer support.

 

Interesting. Mine doesn't even show that bar and it works.

 

Interesting. Mine doesn't even show that bar and it works.

Are you on android? I think the app is slightly different compared to iOS.

 

 

My free charging took a couple days to start working even though the app said it was activated. I had to email customer support twice to get refunded. Then it just started to work!

 

Well, I guess that answers it. Thank you! I will contact EA and see if I can get a refund.

How did you email them? Through the app?

 

So when does it start the 2 year countdown?
From the date you register the free plan in the app or from the date of purchase?
I wonder if I could postpone it when I actually need it.

 

Date of purchase. One of the screen grabs from the Electrify America app further up the thread shows "2 years after date of purchase" as the plan expiration date.

 

So, I tried to just plug in and have it start charging on its own twice and no go. Had to use app to initiate. Has anybody gotten it to charge just by plugging in and having it auto-recognize the car?

 

Watching that video made me CRINGE the way he inserted the plug... plug it in STRAIGHT
I'm sure if he keeps that up he will bend the pins in there

 

Is there a manual or a video that shows the proper way to plug-in?

 

Ok, so just listening to Inside EV podcast and they confirmed the only EV to have plug n play on Electrify America except for Tesla of course is Ford and Mercedes. And even those are not perfect.

 

I'm new to the group and can't wait to read all the great information as I start the possible buying process for a new Ioniq 5. As part of that I went to a local dealer here in North Georgia (Kennesaw) today and saw one in person for the first time. LOVE it. The salesperson did tell me something that I hadn't heard and really haven't been able to find anywhere. She said there is something in the small print for the EA charging plan that limits the free charging to 1000 kWh. Has anyone heard about this?

 

You can check all the fine print by clicking on the numbered footnotes here: Hyundai IONIQ 5 Charging Plan | Electrify America

But the short story, as Carmel Steve previously said, is that the 1,000kwh is for previous Ioniqs, not the Ioniq 5.

 

It looks like that's for original Ioniq and Kona, not Ioniq.https://electrek-co.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/electrek.co/2021/03/17/2021-hyundai-ioniq-kona-get-1000-miles-of-ea-charging-as-network-expands/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a8&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16441955988558&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Felectrek.co%2F2021%2F03%2F17%2F2021-hyundai-ioniq-kona-get-1000-miles-of-ea-charging-as-network-expands%2F

 

The EA 30-minute deal seems like a scam! I tried 3 different stations...two of them 350 kW and one 150 kw. None of them were able to charge at a rate higher than 50 kw/hr. So, didn't make much progress in the 30 minute sessions... delaying a cross country road trip! After reporting all three stations to EA, I concluded that the actual rate of charge you will get at any given charger is somewhat of a gamble. I am calling this "deal" a scam because it does NOT meet the advertised rate of charge ...and the labels on the chargers are misleading at best. The EA app should let people know the actual charging rates.

 

There are plenty of threads on here about reduced charging speed. It’s related to battery temp.

 

I don't think it's a battery temp issue because I have been driving cross country and the charging station has been in the Nav system. The battery should have been ready to accept full charging speed. I reported three stations!! Will see how rest of the journey unfolds.

 

The car does not preheat the battery while navigating to a charger…not yet anyway. The battery may have been warm from driving, maybe not, depends on the conditions you were driving in.

Curious to know what kind of efficiencies (m/kWh) you are seeing? All interstate travel?

 

All interstate driving. 3.5 -4.0 miles/kW

 

I charged twice my new I5 yesterday and I got both times 130-145kW. Temperature was around 50F.

 

Great!! It is so location dependent!!

 

Thank you! That's my point. The idea of being able to drive cross country in decent weather with 18 minute charge times is too idealistic.