Great design in the underrated small efficient EV market
In the ever dwindling US market for sedans, an incredibly efficient design for a battery-electric vehicle. Sadly all but pulled from the US market in coming model years, and with little competition to fill in the gap, as US consumers are sold on ever larger SUV and crossover inefficient tanks (more dangerous to pedestrians, traffic, and infrastructure) whether they need it or not. From the aerodynamic sloped hood and trunk and the smaller aero rims on the long range SE trim for highway efficiency, to the great efficiency in street driving via regenerative braking, it's in small company especially in its price point for 300+ mile range small electric vehicles, though it still carries a price premium for the battery.
The software works well for climate control, navigation, safety features, and charging; its 800V battery architecture means that you can get extremely fast charges on the increasingly more prevalent hyperchargers being built all over. But it lacks the ability of newer Ioniq models to enable battery preconditioning manually for fast charging in cold weather, requiring a frustrating dance to convince the car you will be driving to a fast charger its navigation system may or may not know about, and it can't be done at all while navigating with another system like Android Auto.
Hyundai Pay works on a few important charging networks and is useful to consolidate the number of charging apps you need to use, maybe more to come. But there doesn't seem to be plug and charge support for this model as the newer Ioniqs have, though the car's menus do list an ID that may indicate future support.
The CCS1 charging port on this model means you need a NACS adapter to use most Tesla superchargers, or (with a different cheaper adapter) Tesla destination chargers; there may be more NACS-only chargers built at some point in the future, but at least for now, new chargers are still being built with plenty of CCS1 plugs, and many of the new Tesla superchargers have "magic dock", essentially a built-in CCS1 adapter, so with good planning and consulting PlugShare you can easily go most anywhere without any adapters.
The highway driving assist works well to keep the car in its lane on the highway, but feels jerky and clunky, like the car is too sensitive to the adjustments it makes, particularly when keeping speed without a car in front; don't know whether it's better with HDA2 on higher trims.
Trunk space is sufficient for my needs, but smaller than most competition. The frunk is rather tiny and only suitable for small items that can get thrown around as there's no way to secure them. Cupholder and center console space is quite nice though an odd arrangement to get used to, and similarly odd are the front window and door lock switches which are in the center console instead of on the doors. The long-range SE trim has nice and comfortable cloth seats, which I prefer to the higher trim leatherette.
Basic Bluelink features including navigation (as needed to enable battery preconditioning) are included for free in this model; purchased new from the dealer, it comes with a free Bluelink advanced subscription for the life of the car for the first owner, other than OTA updates (which you can pay for after the free 3 years, or do manual updates with a USB flash drive). Bluelink advanced features aren't strictly necessary for the driving experience, but quite convenient to be able to monitor and manage the car from the app.
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