I was with my niece and her MIL in the Boston, MA Seaport district yesterday afternoon and we took an Uber back. The guy showed up with an immaculate EV6. As an owner of a MYLR, I was interested in his take on his car, which he has only had a few months. He uses the car 5 or 6 days a week, with some days lasting as long as 12 hours.
Comparing notes:
Because of tax credits in the US & Massachusetts, I paid almost $8K less than he paid. I am unsure of the different trim levels for the EV6; the seats were quite comfortable and the only thing I noticed missing was a glass roof. The car seems to be significantly smaller than the MYLR on the inside, the ride appeared to be much less smooth. The driver has 2 screens and a lot more buttons; the layout seems similar to most of the new cars on the road, closer to the design of a smaller SUV car of the past decade. It is a very nice vehicle the 3 of us agree is more comfortable and stylish than most cars available today.
He hasn’t had any issues with his car. We compared ranges with our cars and these sound similar. He has greater range anxiety than I do, and we discovered that this was likely due to my access to the ease of the Tesla network as well as his lack of charging options in his area. Notable: he said that he can charge his car for free as an Uber driver, but has to drive for about 10 minutes to get there. He lives in an apartment and has no way to charge at home.
The driver and I agreed: for us, there is no going back to ICE cars. MIL, a retired engineer from Toyota, was noticeably quiet about this.
I have Ioniq5 and it’s really nice. I sat in a Model Y and the ride was terrible, felt every little bump in the road and gave me back/neck pain. Ioniq5 feels much roomier inside too. I can enter the passenger door and scoot over to the driver side because there’s so much open space in the floor. Never been in an EV6 but it looks cramped with the middle console in there.
We’ve taken our 23 YLR on long trips and it rides smoothly. The earlier Ys and those with different wheels types are different.
I like the Ionic 5 a lot and think our test drives showed both cars to ride about the same. When we purchased our car the Ionic 5 was a lot more expensive and we had to wait for months longer than with the YLR. Our old Honda was not going to last that long.
I know most people get really attached to a car or a brand. I’m not like that. The Ionic 5 is a great, fun car. The Y is as well.