I got an Ionic 6 SEL RWD a few weeks ago love it! And there’s an EA charging station 2 miles from my house. I “fill up” once a week. Also greatly prefer the dual screen dashboard with lots of physical buttons to the Tesla center screen. Enjoy!
I just leased an Ionic 6 SEL for considerably less than the cost of a Model 3. Leasing is usually a poor financial decision (unless you own a business and can write it off), but the foreign companies who aren’t eligible for the $7500 tax credit are now deducting $7500 from the cost of a 3-year lease, and it works out to literally half price - I paid $2k down, $402/mo including tax, plus a free L1 charger (Tesla cost $750), a free L2 charger with a $600 installation credit, and 2 years of free charging at Electrify America. Just saw an ad for leasing an ID.4 - $0 due at signing, $436/mo. Again, less than the model 3. And by most accounts, both cars are superior to the model 3.
Speaking of lifting heavy loads, the word “claims” is doing a lot of work there.
There is one Electrify America charging station in my town, at a shopping center. It has 6 level 3 chargers. One of them is broken. That is all.
As far as I can tell, everyone I know who got an EV for the 1st time - no matter the brand or model - loves it and says it’s the best car they’ve ever had (me included). EVs are just better. Once charging stations are more prevalent, it’s over for ICE.
FWIW, I got an Ionic 6 about a month ago. While waiting to get my home charger installed, I charge 12 hours overnight with the included L1 charger, at a rate of 0.6 kw per hour. Once a week, I go to the nearby Electrify America charging station to juice up. From 30% to 60%, it charges at about 125 kw/hr. From 60 to 80, it slows to about 80 kw/hr. The one time I tried to go to 90%, as soon as I hit 80%, it slowed to 5 kw/hr. I disconnected.