Of course, not all of this is Hyundai’s fault. The Ioniq 5 has always had its charging port on the rear passenger side, and moving it would be a spendy proposition.

Let's start with how the charging experience went. After running the Ioniq 5 down to a 24% charge with 50 estimated miles remaining, I pulled up to the Tesla station, backed in and plugged in.

This EV is equipped with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard port, but Hall discovered that the charging port location didn’t match up with the Tesla Supercharger cord.

For this test, MotorTrend charged the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 —newly equipped with a NACS port—at both a 325-kW Tesla V4 Supercharger and a 350-kW Electrify America charger.

This port is completely different from the NACS plug used by Tesla. To get over this roadblock, Hyundai is offering eligible Hyundai EV consumers a complimentary CCS-to-NACS charging adapter.

So even though the Ioniq 9’s charging port was designed to interface seamlessly with Superchargers—and even though Hyundai drivers just gained access to Tesla’s enormous network—owners ...

Of course, not all of this is Hyundai’s fault. The Ioniq 5 has always had its charging port on the rear passenger side, and moving it would be a spendy proposition. And Tesla says the problem ...