The demand for electric cars around the world is becoming stronger. Disappointed with the rising fuel prices, consumers are now showing more support for electric vehicles. But a person has displayed something that highlights why buying EV is definitely beneficial. Let’s learn more about it.
Hyundai Ionic 5 will now be known not only for its style and range but also for your battery. A person named Lee Young-Hum, who lives in South Korea, has run his electric car for 5.8 lakh kilometers. Even a taxi cannot cover this distance. Interestingly, even after this journey, the battery of the car was found to be 87.7% healthy.
Whenever there is a discussion about electric vehicles, the first question arises that how long will the battery last? But after Lee’s experience, that fear is also over.
How many kilometers do the car travel daily?
Lee Young-Hym is a salesman by profession and travels an average of 586 km per day. He completed this journey of 5.80 lakh kilometers in about 2 years 9 months. The most important thing is that even after covering such a long distance, he did not find any problem in the battery, motor or electrical system of the car.
It is often said that fast charging causes the battery to deteriorate rapidly, but Lee’s experience has proved it wrong. He did most of the car’s charging fast charging station and the battery was still well performed.
Hyundai-Kia shocked
When the Hyundai-Kia research team came to know about this car, they replaced the car battery and motor without any charge for research. During the test, it was found that even after covering a distance of 5.80 lakh km, the battery situation remained 87.7%. This figure is special because such mileage is usually seen only in taxis or commercial vehicles.
Saving millions of rupees
If another person would have traveled the same distance from a petrol car like Hyundai Tuxon instead of Lee, then he would have to spend about Rs 48.56 lakh on petrol. Thus, the journey with IONIQ 5 was completed for just Rs 30.36 lakh. This means direct savings of Rs 18.2 lakh. EV Not only is fuel consumption very low, but the cost of maintenance is also very low. In the petrol car, during this interval, the oil will have to be replaced by 66 times, the brake fluid 13 times, the spark plug 8 times and the transmission oil 11 times. It was not required in ionic 5. Only general service and some consumable materials were replaced. This also led to an additional savings of about 7 lakh rupees.
