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Well, at least they're giving me an adapter for my port-orphaned Ioniq 5.

In 2025. And it'll only charge at 50kW. Yay.

As the owner of a Nissan Leaf: welcome to my world. BTW I don't mind that much. It's a fantastic car for short-to-medium drives. In some ways I like it better than my Mini which I had and loved for 13 years. But for anything longer ... no. The rarity and slowness of ChaDeMo charging makes that a no-go. Fortunately we have my wife's car for longer trips, and in a couple of years might be able to replace that with whatever's the Latest Greatest in EVs by then. Probably go solar (plus wind if the tech is there by then) at the same time.

(Yes, I considered the electric Mini at the time. Thought the range was laughably short. In 20/20 hindsight I now think it would have been just about perfect for me.)

Well, one key difference is that 800V/lower-amps fast charging at DC chargers is one of the major advantages of the E-GMP platform Hyundai uses…10-80% under 20 minutes on an 800V charger.

But on a 400V system like Tesla, those low amps mean especially slow charging. So this guts the specific buying point that made the car special, if Tesla stays at 400V, and severely devalues it. It’ll charge like the famously awful Chevy Bolt.

CHAdeMO has been on its way out long enough that I assume anyone with a Leaf still on the road knew what they were getting into when they bought it. You buy that car to charge at home or work. The Ioniq 5 was supposed to be road trip capable.

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