Hyundai Ioniq 5 Charging Cable

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Almost every listing you will read says the Hyundai Ioniq 5 has an 11 kW onboard charger. Hyundai's own UK specification documents say 10.5 kW, and they have said so on every model year since 2021. The figure appears in the launch press pack, the 2023 update, the 2024 facelift pricing sheet and the specification guide on Hyundai's site today. It is the same on the Ioniq 5 N. In practice the difference changes nothing about which cable you buy, because a 16 amp three phase lead covers both, but it is worth knowing that the number on this page comes from Hyundai and the one on most other pages does not.

Every Hyundai Ioniq 5 charges through a Type 2 to Type 2 Charging Cable. Hyundai puts the flap on the offside rear quarter, roughly where a fuel filler sits on a petrol car. The same flap houses the CCS pins for rapid charging.

For home, the 32A single phase cable is the one to order. The 10.5 kW figure describes three phases feeding the building. A British house has one of them, so the Ioniq 5 settles at 7.4 kW on a domestic wallbox and the 32A lead carries all of it. Hyundai prints both figures in its own charging tables, a 10.5 kW three phase row and a 7.2 kW single phase row, which tells you plainly which one applies at home. The 32A three phase version becomes useful once you have somewhere with three genuine phases to plug into, since an 84 kWh car then falls from 12 hours 45 minutes to 9 hours.

The 16A cable is a false economy on any Ioniq 5. On the 84 kWh battery, thirteen hours becomes twenty six, which is two nights instead of one.

Keep a household socket lead with the car regardless. Our Type 2 to 3-Pin Charging Cable provides 2.3 kW from an ordinary wall socket, roughly 10 miles an hour, so it will not fill an 84 kWh pack but it will turn a night parked somewhere without a chargepoint into eighty miles. Our guide covers what a domestic socket really gives you.

Do not confuse this car with the original Hyundai Ioniq hatchback, which is covered on the Hyundai Ioniq charging cable page and includes a version with no charging socket at all. The saloon relative is at Hyundai Ioniq 6 charging cable. Both sit in Hyundai EV charging cables. The sealing grades quoted below are covered in our guide to IP ratings.

Sealing is IP55 on the Type 2 to Type 2 leads and IP67 on the Type 2 to 3-Pin. They are built to IEC 62196 Type 2, CE certified, rated from -30C to +50C, or +60C for the 3-pin, covered by a 2 year manufacturer's warranty and dispatched the same day on UK working-day orders placed before 2pm.

Hyundai Ioniq 5 Charging Times by Battery

2024 facelift, 84 kWh usable, up to 354 miles WLTP rear wheel drive

Maximum onboard AC charging speed: 10.5 kW, three phase

The Ioniq 5 N uses the same 84 kWh pack and the same 10.5 kW charger, so its times match this table. Its WLTP range is 278 miles, which lowers the recovery column to about 24 miles an hour on a 32A cable.

2024 facelift, 63 kWh usable, up to 273 miles WLTP

Maximum onboard AC charging speed: 10.5 kW, three phase

2022 to 2024, 77.4 kWh, up to 315 miles WLTP

Maximum onboard AC charging speed: 10.5 kW, three phase

The earliest UK cars used 58.2 and 72.6 kWh packs at the same 10.5 kW rate. Hyundai labels the 63 and 84 kWh figures as useable, while third party data puts the larger pack nearer 80, so treat the longest times as approximate. The recovery column shrinks in cold weather and at a steady 70.

Hyundai Ioniq 5 Charging Cable FAQs

What cable should a Hyundai Ioniq 5 owner buy?

The 32A single phase Type 2 to Type 2 cable is the right home buy for every Hyundai Ioniq 5, on all four battery sizes and including the N. It delivers the 7.4 kW a British house can supply, which is the ceiling on a domestic wallbox no matter what the car is rated at.

Is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 10.5kW or 11kW on AC?

Hyundai UK publishes 10.5 kW, in the launch specification, the 2023 update, the 2024 facelift pricing sheet and the current specification guide. Several databases and retailers print 11 kW instead. A 16 amp three phase cable covers either figure, so the practical answer does not change, but 10.5 kW is what the manufacturer states.

Will a three phase cable speed up a Hyundai Ioniq 5?

Only where three genuine phases exist, such as a workplace or a 22 kW public post. There an 84 kWh Ioniq 5 comes down from 12 hours 45 minutes to 9 hours. On a house it delivers exactly what the cheaper 32A single phase lead delivers, because the supply rather than the cable is the limit.

How long does a Hyundai Ioniq 5 take to charge at home?

On a 32A cable it is about 12 hours 45 minutes to fill the 84 kWh car from flat, 11 hours 45 minutes for the 77.4 kWh and 9 hours 30 minutes for the 63 kWh. Hardly anyone plugs in with nothing left, and seven hours on a night tariff is worth around 220 miles on the big battery.

What length of cable does a Hyundai Ioniq 5 need?

The flap is on the offside rear quarter of a 4.655 metre car. A 5m lead works on a drive where the car sits nose first and the wallbox is towards the rear on the driver's side. Reverse in, or put the unit near the house, and the lead has to travel the length of the car, which is 10m territory. The Ioniq 5 N is 60 mm longer and charges in the same place.

Does a Hyundai Ioniq 5 need its own cable for public AC charging?

Yes it does. Untethered posts across Britain present a bare Type 2 socket and leave the lead to the driver, so one cable serves both home and away. Rapid CCS charging uses the charger's own attached cable and needs nothing from the boot.