Regenerative Braking

[Mark Hennessy]

That's exactly what I thought at first, but the more you think about it, the more feasible it is for the longer journeys too. I'd never drive more than 200 miles in one go without a break - that would be dangerous - and even my furthest-flung relatives are nowhere near that distance (perhaps 150 miles tops). With overnight/destination charging, and a small exchange of cash to compensate, I reckon I'd be able to cover just about every use case. Especially as the small battery means that even 13A "granny charging" is fine. If we did buy one, I can see our ICE car getting almost no use.

I've found this channel to be a really good source of info about the original Ioniq:

https://www.youtube.com/@GoGreenAutos/videos

He also has a Tesla - a model S, that still qualifies for free supercharging