Gridserve have a rolling membership, £7.49 (IIRC) per month for a healthy discount. Quite useful as they’re conveniently placed but bloody expensive without that discount.
As for the Ioniq 5, driving normally with cooling on on a May Bank Holiday weekend I drove from Camborne, Cornwall to Kent, first stop was Exeter services, no charge done, second stop was Fleet Services, M3 Hampshire, where I felt it best to charge, that was 243 miles in one charge with 30odd left. Charge still took only long enough to wander in for the usual relief and pick up refreshments. 25 minutes had us back on the road, which in a busy service station outside of London was about as short as I could stop regardless of the vehicle being driven. The 800v architecture can, when connected to the right charger, really mean you’re good to go stupidly quickly, on the way home from Kent I stopped to eat at Exeter and plugged in whilst eating and by the time I’d parked, visited the loo, bought food and got back to the car, ate and put rubbish in the bin, I disconnected the car at full, absolutely fully charged. It was only three quarters of an hour or so having arrived at a touch under 15%. The MGZS I had before needed all 45 minutes plus a bonus 20odd to get up to 85% of it’s 45kWh battery and that was only around 100 miles.
If you need a comfortable car with plenty of boot space that very comfortably takes 4 adults for 250 miles, the Ioniq 5 is a magnificent choice. The niggles I’ve found after nearly 2 years are the lack of rear wiper (solved on the newer range) and the slope of the boot for when we need the Mrs’ walker plus luggage. It’s a long boot that doesn’t have a lot of height by the door.
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