![]() Out of Line! (Click to enlarge) | Supercharger FAIL
in my Ioniq 5 Mark D Larsen January 16, 2025 |
Recently Hyundai has started selling the refreshed 2025 Ioniq 5, which comes with a J3400 port instead of a CCS1. I saw a video by YouTube creator “Electric Principal” in which he drove one of these new models to a Supercharger site, plugged it in, and was able to charge it without any problem. This piqued my curiosity to know if I could also Supercharge using my A2Z Typhoon Pro adapter. To make a long story short… the answer is NO. Below are the specifics of my experiment.
NOTE: You can click on the following photos to enlarge them and the movie to play it.
But that’s not the end of the story. While I was there, I spotted a Kia EV6 owner at the other far end of the line of Superchargers. I drove down to see if he had managed to get a charge, and learned that… he had! He had used the same adapter that I have, but had re-identified his car as a 2024 Ioniq 5 —just like mine! Why he could manage to fool the network, but I couldn’t, is a mystery. It makes no sense. Whatever Tesla is doing blocks a legitimate 2024 Ioniq 5, but allows a “fake” one to charge successfully. Go figure!By the way, in case you’re wondering, I then also tried re-identifying Rocinante to a 2025 Ioniq 5 to see if I could also fool the network. Nope. Still didn’t work. I guess I’ll just have to wait until older Ioniq 5 with adapters are given the green light for Superchargers —just like the 2025 models and that Kia EV6 with a bogus ID.