r/Ioniq6

Sorry if this is silly. I nearly had a heart attack today and need to confirm:

Does regen braking light up the rear brake lights when engaged? I ask because I was almost rear ended by a motorcycle while regen braking on max and indicating left turn.

While slowing down and indicating I kept my eye on the rear view mirror and could see the motorcycle getting closer and closer and not slowing down. Suddenly he hit the brakes and swerved really hard. I couldn't tell if he was paying attention or not.

I immediately questioned why that happened while my heart was pumping and hands were shaking. ​​For context, it was a very bright, sunny hot day. So I'm not sure how that affected the brake lights if they were on.

I have heard that the ceiling height is limiting. Currently have an Ioniq Hybrid Plug-in limited, that feels a tad bit low due to the sunroof.

I have a 2024 Ioniq 6 with 30,000 kms on it. I got it second hand around 8 months ago. The car has been pulling to the left ever since I got it.

To elaborate when I say it pulls to the left - when the steering wheel is completely in center position, the car will go to the left, and not by a little bit, it's quite significant. I have to turn the steering wheel to the right, at around the 1 o'clock position before it will go straight. And as with all cars, if I let go of the steering wheel, the steering wheel will want to return to center position, but that means my car will go left, so I have to constantly keep the steering wheel at 1 o'clock in order to go straight. It's very annoying and tiring.

The dealership I got it from did a wheel alignment after the got the car from the previous owner. I also paid another wheel alignment at my 6 month service. The dealership inspection shows the alignment is correct, wheels and tires are good, and suspension is fine.

I want to get this fixed at the dealership, but I'm worried they will give me some bullshit like saying it's normal, purposely designed that way, or not a warranty issue, etc. Anyone else experience this and have tips on how to get this fixed under warranty?

Do we think we’ll see 3rd party hardware/software open up as legacy units see the used market?

Currently we see map updates. But the Hyundai would do itself a huge favor if manual preconditioning was added and something was done to allow AA/CP nav systems to activate routing/precon/nav.

Then updating their software can truly stopped. Even if it seems it has already.

Ive a year left on my lease and this would be my main qualm if I were to buy it out.

EDIT:

To reiterate: Gen5W non existent development, where do we see 3rd party support coming from.

2024 i6 RWD 20" Wheels

Hey all! Bought a used 2024 i6 with only 6500 miles for a really good price recently (about a month and a half ago), and I have been really impressed with the car so far. Came from a POS old Buick with a myriad of issues and had been mulling around the idea of an EV for a while. I notice so many of you consistently pull 4-5 m/kwh consistently, but my average is only sitting around 3.3m/kwh! About 70% of my driving is highway on my way to work about 12 miles away with relatively low elevation changes (I live in the DFW area). I unfortunately have the 20" wheels, so that may be a factor. I keep the regen pretty high, iPedal when I'm off the highway usually.

My question is: how do I improve my efficiency! What am I doing wrong? Feel free to call me an idiot in the comments if it's obvious. Any tips to improve would be appreciated, even getting to an average of 3.7+ would be great!

Had my AWD for about 2 weeks. First ever EV.

I think I'm getting the hang of maximising miles/kWh and can now get 4.5+m/kWh with every drive (20" wheels).

I drive with regen braking on 0 and when coming to a stop, I pul and hold the left paddle until it says "Stop". When traffic moves, I just accelarate again and it goes back to 0. Rinse and repeat.

How do you drive and do you have any tips for a newbie?

Can the 12v charge w/o the light going on?

So I have been using the climate start for the A/C during the 100degF heat in NYC. 4 times in 24 hours. This seems to be the culprit. I'm going to get an AGM asap. Anyone else in the heatwave who uses precooling have an issue?

I was worried it was the ICCU. But never heard a POP, and hoped for the best.

I had a great experience at Discount Tire yesterday after a terrible one the last time I was there. For context, about 18 months ago I had a nail in my tire and went to Discount Tire. They repaired the tire only after telling me that tread depth was at 7/32 and it was urgent that I replace my tires. This was while standing in front of a poster that clearly said that was not the case (poster showed different tread depths and stated when to replace). He went on to give me a lecture about how ev's eat up tires and 24,000 miles, which is where I was at that time, was the standard replacement mileage for my car. I had been to the dealer to have the tires rotated a couple of months before that and knew that I was nowhere near the end of life for these tires so to say I was annoyed would be putting it mildly. I swore I would never go back to Discount Tires.

Recently, thanks to a post on this sub, I saw that Tire Rack had OEM Pirellis on clearance. Discount Tire was the only place near me to have them shipped for mounting. The price difference between the other tires I had been researching and these made the decision to go back to Discount Tires a little easier. I am at 42,000 miles, drive very conservatively and had even wear on all four tires and they were ready to be replaced although it was still not urgent. The Service Advisor at the dealer at 40,000 miles told me I had another 8 to 10,000 miles before I hit the wear marks on these tires. Have I mentioned how much I love my service advisor at Texan Hyundai south of Houston? I drive 70 miles each way and pass four other Hyundai dealers to have service done at Texan Hyundai. I've had the tires rotated every 5,000 miles since I purchased the vehicle and all of the other service bulletins and maintenance has been done there.

Purchased the tires online at Tire Rack, had them delivered to Discount and set up an appointment for 9:00 a.m. yesterday. Got to Discount about 10 minutes early, and the process was seamless. In spite of the fact it was a holiday for a lot of people and there were probably 60 people in the waiting area when I got there, apparently having an appointment is the key. I had time for one cup of coffee before they finished. They had me driving out of Discount Tire by 9:46. I asked the Discount Tire employee who helped me, if they could tell from inspecting the tires whether there was any sign of degradation due to improper storage since the manufacturer date was 2022. He went and got the manager and they inspected the tires with an installer and the manager came back and said that of course he couldn't guarantee anything but he saw nothing that would concern him.

This may seem like the worst place to post this if I want the most objective answer lol but I did want to at least see what people who are in a similar situation as me are thinking.

I work from home, drive maybe 3 times a week at most, in Las Vegas. My apartment doesn’t have access to chargers but there is an Electrify America 5 minutes from me and it’s typically empty since it’s at a Smith’s parking lot.

If I was asking this a couple years ago when these cars were closer to $50k, the answer would be obvious. But now that they are easily found in my dealership lots for under $24k, I’ve been very tempted to trade in my Tucson for one.

So I guess the question is, how bad/stupid is it really to get an EV like this if you don’t have a home charger? I’m not necessarily looking for affirmation that it’s 100% totally fine, if anything another reality check would be good if it really does seem like a bad idea.