don't take my word for it... this from 'visitnorway' website:

 

and there's this...

 

True but it was twice as cold here we had a few days of -50F. Cold snap hovered over much of the northern climes.

 

yup... i've never forgotten being in edmonton in winter once (-50f like you said ). even in toronto where i lived it was f-f-f-f-freezing in winter. global warming seems to have improved things though.

but you have a Y there in alberta... what's been the worst experience of having it in winter?

 

The point is, in Norway it can get blisteringly cold and their chargers work while it gets close to 0F in the states and EA chargers begin struggling despite them rolling out a new gen of hardware. Tesla has less issues and the Chicago issues earlier in the year seemed more like user error than actual hardware failures.

 

obviously being in florida i don't care but i'm sure it will all get fixed and reliable soon and competition will help.

 

That has to be complete shock to the system. Toronto is actually worse it gets cold and humidity can be near 100%.
Y is better than my gas cars in super cold conditions. Sure the range takes a bigger hit than petrol but in every other way it is way better. I Pre-heat the cabin and never have to worry about the battery freezing I just get in and drive. Plus the Y is outstanding in slippery conditions the weight distribution, weight in general and traction control make it unstoppable. Y is so much better than my AWD Highlander it's not funny.
That was because a sub station went down I think.

I hope other regions/countries study Norway and learn from it you're right if they can go all EV it can be done anywhere. One striking thing is because almost every car is electric the cities are much quieter.

 

in the 'features i've not tried yet' i now have 1 less

the car has HDA or highway driving assist on major highways like interstates. that means you can take your hands off the wheel for longer (it does an excellent job of staying in lane, slowing, speeding up etc., which i was already very familiar with) and it's also supposed to be able to change lanes itself which i had not tried. every time i went to change lanes with hda on i'd see a message saying "conditions not met for lane change" or something so i wanted to figure out what magic spell i had to invoke to get it to do it.

without reading the manual i figured it out, although maybe there's a better way in the manual!

so driving along in adaptive cruise / hda, if i tap the turn signal (which normally is a 3 blink signal) and actively TURN into the next lane, it won't do it automatically. however, if i tap the turn signal and just gently nudge the steering wheel in that direction, a second or two later it WILL keep the signal going, and steer the car into the next lane, with some visual indicators on the gauge showing you it's doing it. in HDA/adaptive cruise the car also shows a very tesla like display showing imagery for the car, the lanes, and all vehicles around you, very accurately.

i now want to try out the self parking (parallel and regular parking lot spot). will report back.

 

Its a great feature, my Mercedes has it.

 

quick update... had the car a little over 5 months now and about 5800 mi. on it. it's my work car. i had a santa fe suv before, which obviously was taller with more room, and i sometimes miss that, but i like having the more nimble vehicle. maybe it's not much shorter i don't know, but it seems easier to park and with all that power it's a blast to drive. i have to say though the '21 santa fe awd calligraphy i had was exceptional. the 2.5 turbo engine was plenty fast, and it had the fastest 'starter' i've every experienced with almost no vibration so the auto start/stop was fine unless it was baking hot out and the a/c wasn't quite as powerful with the engine off. anyway, back to the ioniq 5.

recently i've been trying it in the eco mode most of the time vs. normal, to see if i actually get better efficiency, and it seems i do. my avg for the life of the car right now is 3.2mi./kwh which isn't bad given that my drive almost anywhere is first 8 mi. of 70+mph on a highway. the efficiency definitely goes up in stop and go traffic. before i got an ev i imagined it might use quite a lot of power when just stationary, but in my experience, i can't detect it using ANY (even with lights, audio, and ac on) but i know it is.

it's very comfortable. very quiet. tech works great. adding the eleacc wireless carplay adapter made that lacking feature (car only supports wired carplay) go away and it works great too.

the plasticky floor mats aren't great... the mat has curled up some in sill area on the driver's side. i might replace at some point.

one thing i'm not a fan of is the matte silver color. the car has all kinds of info/warnings/guidance on cleaning it and even came with buckets and loads of mr beasley ? cleaning supplies. i'm just not a detailer so i do the best i can... pressure wash, foam canon, let it sit, clean with suds, pressure wash, dry, good enough.

 

well i have a slow tire leak (rear driver's side).

guess i'll go to discount tire to get it fixed. just hate waiting there so long, but hopefully it won't be too slammed and can get done quickly.

 

I hate those, it's so irritating. It's like the nail or screw was there waiting for you....

 

so i get there, and they tell me something like (felt like a sales tactic, but i get them having to do it) "since your car has no spare, if the tire is not repairable, we can't release the car unless you buy a new tire <click click> for ~$250 installed." i felt deflated (get it? ) and said, ugh, well i'd replace both rears if that's the case. and of course they didn't have same michelin's only continentals. i said sure (don't have time to mess around).

so car goes into shop. 1/2 hour later i see the guy putting the wheel with what i thought was a new tire back on. then he comes and said, you're good to go, do you want to back it out yourself?

i said you fixed it? he said yes, it was a nail. so good call!

i tipped the nice kid who did the repair $20 and was on my way.

 

My son borrowed my Land Rover to move some stuff and when he dropped it back there was quite a decent sized bolt screw in the tire and it was losing pressure. I have off road tires on mine, so they aren't always in stock, and the bolt screw was close enough to the sidewall that it was bordering on "we can't fix that" territory. Anyway, my local tire place checked it out and did fix it with no attempt to upsell to new tires. So yes absolutely tip those guys when they do that. A new tire would have cost me the best part of $400. I don't tip when they just install new tires, but I always tip when they are honest and repair.

 

Usually I take my flats to my mechanic who charges me $30