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Supercharger Success
in my Ioniq 5

Mark D Larsen

March 25, 2025

End of the Line
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When I opened my e-mail this morning, I found a notification from Hyundai which stated:
Starting today, U.S. owners of the current Hyundai KONA Electric, IONIQ Electric hatchback, IONIQ 5, and IONIQ 6 models equipped with a Combined Charging System (CCS) port gain access to 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in the United States using a North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapter.

It was about time! 2025 Ioniq 5 owners had gained such access months ago, but not owners with previous models like mine. Apparently Hyundai wanted to first make available its own complimentary J3400 adapters. The e-mail stated that it will be possible to order them via owners’ webpages starting on April 7, i.e., two weeks from yesterday. Of course, I already have my A2Z adapter, and readers will recall that I tried —and failed— to use it with a Supercharger over two months ago.
While we were running errands in town this afternoon, we ended up with about an hour of freetime, so I decided to again swing by our local Superchargers to see if this time I could connect and charge successfully. We arrived at the Superchargers, and luckily the last stall was again unoccupied as shown in the photo at the top of the page. I could thus plug into that dispenser without inconveniencing other drivers because my charging port is on the opposite side of the car as Teslas. Below are a few photos and screen shots of the test.

NOTE: You can click on the following photos to enlarge them.

I opened the Tesla app on my phone and selected the option to "charge my other EV."

This showed me the location of the Superchargers with a button to "charge here."

I then had to tell the app that we wanted to use Supercharger 1A.

The app then instructed me to remove the charging cable and attach my adapter.

I then plugged it into my CCS1 port, and after about a minute Rocinante’s third row of charging lights started to flash, indicating that the session had started.

I got in Rocinante and could see that it would take about 7 minutes to charge from 70% to 80%. Like I had learned from Hyundai owners who had used Magic Docks in the past, the charge was putting 97kW into my battery.

Looking in the right side mirror, I could see Rocinante plugged in with all the other Superchargers in the background.

Sure enough, nearly 7 minutes later, with 1% to go to reach 80%, the charge rate was still at 97kW. It hadn't dropped at all, unlike in my previous Model 3, which would end up pulling only about 50kW at 80% —much slower.

When the charge reached 80% and stopped, we now had 281 miles of range in the battery.

As you can see in this "receipt," the Supercharger had put 10.643 kW into the battery at a cost of $5.32.

I am glad to see that this time my test of the Supercharger network was a success. Truth be told, however, this might be the very last time I ever plug in at one. Given my experiences on roadtrips over the past year, I seriously doubt I will ever use Superchargers unless it is a dire emergency. I much prefer to plug in at the much faster 350kW dispensers at Electrify America sites. And there are more such sites expanding every day from other providers like EVgo, EV Connect, ChargePoint, and especially IONNA. Yes, at this moment in time there are more Supercharger dispensers (30,123 vs. 22,410), but there are many more CCS stations nationwide (9,730 vs. 2,867).

I opened the Tesla app on my phone and selected the option to "charge my other EV."	This showed me the location of the Superchargers with a button to "charge here."
I then had to tell the app that we wanted to use Supercharger 1A.	The app then instructed me to remove the charging cable and attach my adapter.
I then plugged it into my CCS1 port, and after about a minute Rocinante’s third row of charging lights started to flash, indicating that the session had started.	I got in Rocinante and could see that it would take about 7 minutes to charge from 70% to 80%. Like I had learned from Hyundai owners who had used Magic Docks in the past, the charge was putting 97kW into my battery.
Looking in the right side mirror, I could see Rocinante plugged in with all the other Superchargers in the background.	Sure enough, nearly 7 minutes later, with 1% to go to reach 80%, the charge rate was still at 97kW. It hadn't dropped at all, unlike in my previous Model 3, which would end up pulling only about 50kW at 80% —much slower.
When the charge reached 80% and stopped, we now had 281 miles of range in the battery.	As you can see in this "receipt," the Supercharger had put 10.643 kW into the battery at a cost of $5.32.