Hyundai Ioniq
Shares rank 18 of 40 electric cars by recommenders
Recommended for low drag, cheap leases and fully loaded trims, though some find it unremarkable and its driver aids intrusive.
Recommended for low drag, cheap leases and fully loaded trims, though some find it unremarkable and its driver aids intrusive.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 65%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cheap leases and fully loaded trims
“The lease deals you might get on an Ioniq are insane”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “The guide to real-world EV battery health” “they are cheap and come fully loaded”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Sales of sub-€25,000 electric car models set to rise sevenfold”
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| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla vehicles | 209 | 411 | 34% | 13 | 6 yrs24 owners | — |
| BYD electric cars | 157 | 53 | 75% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Ferrari Luce | 140 | 319 | 31% | 7 | — | — |
| Tesla Model 3 | 128 | 115 | 53% | 13 | 6 yrs32 owners | — |
| Hyundai IoniqThis page | 11 | 6 | 65% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Original Ioniq is pretty close. There's a screen for media, nav and backup, but that's it.”
“they are cheap and come fully loaded”
“my experience was abysmal. I had to setup 3 different charging accounts on my phone”
“The first Hyundai Ioniq did this pretty good.”
“The ones on our Hyundai Ioniq work just fine, and have never blinded anyone.”
“it uses both front/rear motors regardless”
“It's not horrible, but I'll probably never use it again”
“There are cars with Cd around 0.2 (Xiaomi SU7, Lucid Air, Tesla S, Hyundai Ioniq...)”
“I hate that my 2020 Ioniq EV takes decisions for me, and just overall pretends to know better.”
“Some of the Hyundai IONIQs too, but there's less of them out there.”
“Personally, I think the Ioniq has more personality.”
“Sounds just like the Ioniq ICCU issues.”
“Same trip, w/ the kids, took 10h with an Ioniq and 6h with a diesel.”
“I hear the Hyundai Ioniq is supposed to be pretty good.”
“The lease deals you might get on an Ioniq are insane”
“I love my EV, but I feel it's just old enough to not have much enshitification”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.