I found myself stuck in traffic 🚌 🚗 🚑 🚙 🚗 recently with my betrothed piloting. At one point, we were behind a Hyundai Ioniq 6, which has received rave reviews.
I applaud them for providing an affordable EV that looks interesting, much like the Ioniq 5, even if it does have a tiny trunk.
This photo may not truly depict it, but I found it exceedingly, needlessly ugly from the rear.
You can’t always judge a car from online review pix. 🤷♂️
Those silver protrusions look strange in real life. For such an elegant (albeit unusual) silhouette from the side, I didn’t expect it to look so clunky from the rear.
I actually don’t much care for the design of the front either… 😂
Says #Hyundai, “We’re trying to make driving an #EV affordable.” I think they’re early to understand a feature of the EVs that US automakers are slow to realize. Disruption starts at the low end, and with high interest rates, the low end needs to be lower. Consumers won’t pay a premium because it’s an EV. The early adopter market is saturated. Manufacturers need to appeal to buyers who are buying for transportation utility. https://www.theverge.com/24163520/hyundai-randy-parker-interview-ev-sales-ioniq-sales
Hyundai Motor ends Indonesia aluminium deal after climate campaign by K-pop fans
"South Korea's #Hyundai and PT #Adaro Minerals Indonesia have ended an #aluminium supply agreement after calls by a climate campaigner backed by K-pop fans not to procure supplies of the metal produced using coal power.
The climate activist group Kpop4Planet that had been calling for an end to Hyundai's aluminium agreement welcomed the decision by the carmaker."
"The use of coal to smelt the material triggered a campaign by a climate activist group, Kpop4Planet. Thousands of fans joined the call to ditch the deal, forcing #Hyundai to back down in the face of a potential public relations disaster."
@BigAngBlack Cool how they adapt to in-plane motion of the wheel. Really clever! What I don't understand yet: What do you do when the wheel's plane turns in a curve?
Hyundai stattet den elektrischen Ioniq 5 N mit dem Sound eines Verbrennungsmotors sowie Schaltwippen für Gangwechsel aus. So will man rennsportaffine Petrol Heads für die #Elektromobilität begeistern. ...
Ok look I actually really like my Hyundai and it’s been super dependable but if I had the money right now I would get literally ANYTHING ELSE because I simply CANNOT keep taking a day off work to go deal with their endless effing recalls. #hyundai#hyundairecall@hyundai
Just found a cool new feature in my car app. It is providing electricity consumption statistics broken down by car subsystem for every trip in the past day. Wish I had had this when we drove across Canada! They should add the temperature outside and in the cabin (it was 6°C out and 19.5°C in)
The attached pic is a short 6km trip around town.
Six minutes.
34Wh for Climate Control.
275Wh for driving
100Wh for accessories
0Wh for Battery Care
and 435Wh Regenerated from braking.
Total energy used 409Wh. #Hyundai#KonaEV#EVCrossCanada#stats
Great research from #greenpeace about the myth of EVs and the #greenwashing going on at the major car companies who continue to produce thousands of gas guzzling SUVs #hyundai, #ford#gm
