The discounts apply to the Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6 and Kona Electric, and the month-long incentive will last through Jan. 31, according to the Korean automaker’s website. Hyundai’s EVs couldn’t meet the requirements under the clean vehicle tax credit program, which aims to encourage domestic production of EVs and components.
You may want to steer clear of Hyundai EVs, and maybe Kia but I’m not entirely certain they are managed the same.
There is a prominent story of a couple who hit some debris on the road, resulting in a dent and scratches on the battery. It threw no flags or alerts, and drove fine, but for safety they took it to the dealership to ask about whether the vehicle was safe and if it could be repaired. They were quoted $60,000 CAD to repair this, and the dealership told them the cooling system on the battery was damaged. That’s about the cost of the entire vehicle. And either the dealer was lying, or the cooling system that prevents your vehicle from becoming a lithium fireball in your garage or on the road isn’t monitored.
When looking to find some information on this incident as I post this, and you’ll find reviews littered with evidence that Hyundai cannot or will not repair their EVs. What the actual fuck Hyundai.
I’ve always found anecdotal reports of crazy sounding things to be utterly untrustworthy.
Taking things with a grain of salt is absolutely fair. I would say researching potential issues you should look for outliers and patterns, and that healthy scrutiny has been applied. To me this seems like an actual incident, but I encourage you and everyone else to treat the claim as needing verification.
This particular case is well documented, publicized and scrutinized, and involves a cascading list of failures on either the dealer or Hyundai. I’m usually more inclined to blame a dealership since their quality can vary greatly, if it weren’t for the lackluster response from the parent company despite the spotlight.
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Bummer that they couldn’t get a temporary pass and offer the tax credit. They’re investing in US many and they’re currently building an EV production plant in Georgia, it’s just not online yet. It’s about a year away from starting production lines.
I’ll give them a pass when they recall all Hyundai and Kia’s they cheaped out on and didn’t install immobilizer chips into. That was a US only choice they made to save very little money and put a decades worth of cars at high risk for theft and destruction.
So far they have pushed an alarm software update that did nothing, offered ineffectice steering wheel locks to some customers if they contact their local police department, and get this, a “this car is protected” window sticker. Yes, a sticker that is lying.
Until they do something real to fix their colossal and intentional fuckup, no passes.
They extended it into Kia as well. I got the $7500 on my EV9.