Cobaltshroud drives a Hyundai IONIQ 5 Ultimate RWD 2022 electric car.
This is Cobaltshroud’s first electric car, they’ve owned the IONIQ 5 from new and drive between 5,000-10,000 miles annually. The current mileage of the car is between 500-1,000 miles and they achieve 250 miles range from a full charge.
Rate your IONIQ 5 out of 5.
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Why did you choose this electric car?
Looks and space.
Positives – List 3 or more reasons why you love this electric car.
- It looks awesome
- it has great interior space
- it comes with lots of tech as standard.
Negatives – List 3 or more things that you really don’t like about this electric car.
- It started rattling from the rear after 1,000 miles
- without the head up display the steering wheel blocking part of the display would be a problem
- the car turns on with lane keep assist turned on, the lane keep assist is horrible outside of motorway driving.
Have you experienced any faults with the car? If so, what have they been?
A rattle from the rear hatch.
What are the standout tech features of your IONIQ 5?
- The head up display is brilliant
The voice commands allow control of everything from heated/cooled seats to navigation - The auto regen settings and the 1 pedal driving, as a first time EV and automatic driver, feel completely intuitive and natural to use.
Surprise us! Tell us something people wouldn’t readily know about this electric car.
You can control the heated and cooled seats with voice commands!
What electric car are you interested in next and why?
An AWD IONIQ 5, RWD is fine when it’s not winter.
What home charging unit do you use? Would you recommend it to others and why?
Rolec – it’s very over sensitive to voltage variations in our supply and turns itself off too often.
Rate your home charging unit out of 5.
What home electricity supplier & tariff do you use? Would you recommend it to others and why?
OVO – I wouldn’t recommend them unless you burn gas for your heating because, despite claiming to be green, unless you are on a dual fuel contract they won’t offer cheap car charging rates.
Rate your electricity supplier out of 5.
What public charging networks would you recommend to others and why?
ChargePlace Scotland
List your top 3 favourite public charging networks (in order of preference).
ChargePlace Scotland
Who do you insure your electric car with? Would you recommend them to others and why?
Direct Line – I wouldn’t recommend to anyone. They used to be great but something changed during the pandemic and now they’re over expensive and their customer care has disappeared.
Rate your insurance provider out of 5.
Estimate how much money you save per month owning and running an electric car compared to a petrol/diesel car.
£170
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