Mar 27, 2024
2:48:28pm
CougarVeteran Future Former User
I think the best in the same price range is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6/Kia EV6
Not quite as nice as the Lucid and may not have quite as good of a powertrain. At the same time, it has quite a few features the Tesla's are lacking, such as Ventilated seats, an instrument cluster, the side view camera showing up in the instrument cluster rather than the center screen, Vehicle to Load (V2L) so that you can power items from the car, faster charging (with a 350 kW charging station), etc. And, if you want a more luxury car, there are the Genesis EVs with the same features but better materials.

One thing I find particularly nice about the Hyundai/Kia/Genesis is the adjustable regeneration — with Tesla you have to use 1 pedal driving and the brake pedal only uses the physical brakes. In the Korean cars the regeneration is adjustable in at least 5 steps: from 0 (no regeneration) up to "4," which is labeled i-pedal and is 1-pedal driving. To give one example, where this can be an advantage, is going down a mountain; in the Tesla you'll likely still need to have your foot on the accelerator much of the time, to limit the regeneration while on the Korean cars you can play with the amount of regeneration (or even put it in "Auto" mode where the car adjusts the regeneration for conditions, including cars in front of you) so that you can just "coast" down the mountain while the car regenerates just enough to keep the car from accelerating from the incline.
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