2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Six-Month Owner Review: Efficiency, Likes And Dislikes

• A 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 owner reviews his car after six months and nearly 5,000 miles.
• Compared to the previous model years, the 2025 Ioniq 5 has a bigger battery, a rear wiper and an updated interior.
• It’s also the first EV in the U.S. to come with a Tesla-style NACS charging port from the factory, which is both good and bad.

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is one of the best EVs out there, and it was made even better when the 2025 model hit dealer lots. It has a bigger battery, which contributes to more range, a Tesla-style NACS charging port, a rear windshield wiper (the old one didn’t have one), and a bunch of other niceties inside, such as wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

We had the chance to test drive the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 earlier this year, and we liked it a lot, but only an actual owner can explain the ownership experience. From real-world energy efficiency to minor annoyances, a long-term driving experience can reveal plenty of interesting tidbits about what it’s like to live with a car.

Here’s where YouTuber The Ioniq Guy comes into play. He became a known figure among Ioniq 5 owners after documenting his ownership of a 2022 Ioniq 5. Now, though, it’s been six months since he’s been driving a brand-new 2025 Ioniq 5, and he’s back with some thoughts.

Since buying the car at the beginning of the year, the odometer has gone up by almost 4,800 miles, while the average efficiency so far has been 2.6 miles/kilowatt-hour. That’s not great, but it’s worth mentioning that it includes more winter driving than summer driving miles. Now, in the summer, the owner has been getting around 3.3 miles/kWh, which leads to a real-world range of 250 miles on a full charge and roughly 180 miles going from 80% to 10%.

Charging-wise, most of the DC fast charging experiences have been great, except when it comes to Tesla Superchargers. Despite the 2025 Ioniq 5 coming with a native NACS port, Superchargers are slower in comparison to 350-kW stations from Electrify America, EVgo and Ionna. Usually, going from 10% to 80% on a powerful enough DC fast charger will take around 20 minutes, while the same charging session will take 30 minutes on a Supercharger.

What’s more, the owner of this particular Hyundai Ioniq 5 says he has experienced multiple failed charging attempts on Tesla Superchargers, which defeats the purpose of having chargers just about everywhere.

There are no creaks and no rattles after six months, which is a big upgrade compared to the owner’s previous 2022 Ioniq 5, which had an annoying rattle coming from the front passenger door.

The refresh also introduced manual battery preconditioning, which is great in the winter because you can get high charging speeds even when it’s cold outside. Previously, on cars equipped with a battery heater, you could only activate battery preconditioning could by inputing a DC fast-charger in the native naviagtion system.

Then, there’s the sensor that monitors the driver’s eyes to make sure they are watching the road. With some sunglasses, even if you are watching the road, the sensors will disable the highway driving assistance system, which can be very annoying. Also, some bolts and plastic covers were missing on this car, and the key fob was the wrong one. Not a great start, but all of this was fixed or is in the process of being remedied.

Overall, the car is great, and the owner loves his Ioniq 5. The improvements brought by the 2025 model year refresh made the car a lot better in every way.