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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...