Side by side · 2027 and 2026

Hyundai Ioniq 5vsTesla Model Y

318 mi EPA · 18 min 10–80%357 mi EPA · 25 min 10–80%
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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is rated 318 miles on the EPA test, the Tesla Model Y 357. A 10–80% stop takes 18 minutes in the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 25 in the Tesla Model Y. Every figure below names the version of the car it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.

At a glance

Hyundai Ioniq 5 · Ioniq 5 RWD

318mi EPA

18min 10–80%

$35,000from

Tesla Model Y · Model Y Long Range RWD

357mi EPA

25min 10–80%

$39,990from

The short answer

The Tesla Model Y turns the same electricity into more miles.

1

The Tesla Model Y is rated 357 miles against 318 — 39 miles, 12% further. It uses 30 kWh to cover 100 miles where the Tesla Model Y needs 25.2.

2

A 10–80% stop takes 18 minutes in the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 25 in the Tesla Model Y. On a 50 kW post it is 50 and 66 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.

3

The Tesla Model Y makes 364 kW against 125.

Which one, in one line

Pick the Tesla Model Y ifit wins on range (357 mi against 318), running cost (25.2 kWh per 100 miles against 30), space (29 cu ft of boot against 18.4 cu ft).

The priceThe Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the cheaper to buy, listed from $35,000; both are US list prices before tax, delivery and incentives.

2027 · Ioniq 5 RWDHyundai Ioniq 5

Hyundai Ioniq 5

SUV · 60 kWh usable · CCS1

EPA range
318mi
Efficiency
3.33mi/kWh
DC peak
195kW
Boot
18.4cu ft
2026 · Model Y Long Range RWDTesla Model Y

Tesla Model Y

SUV · 79 kWh usable · NACS

EPA range
357mi
Efficiency
3.96mi/kWh
DC peak
250kW
Boot
29cu ft

Charging, raced

Two cars, one post, same clock

Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.

Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 140 kW for the Hyundai Ioniq 5, 133 kW for the Tesla Model Y. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.

Tesla Model YNACS25min
Hyundai Ioniq 5CCS118min

At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 18 min in the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 25 min in the Tesla Model Y — a gap of 7 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger one would change nothing.

Every figure

The numbers, with the version attached

A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per mile, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a longer wheelbase and a wider body are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.

Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Tesla Model Y, US model years as labelled. Sources: fueleconomy.gov for the EPA rows, evstats.org for the catalogue figures, Euro NCAP for the stars.
MeasureHyundai Ioniq 5Tesla Model Y
Range and efficiency
EPA range318 mi2027 Ioniq 5 RWD357 mi✓2026 Model Y Long Range RWD
EPA efficiency3.33 mi/kWh3.96 mi/kWh✓
Energy per 100 miles30 kWh25.2 kWh✓
Battery, usable60 kWhHyundai IONIQ 5 63 kWh RWD (MY24)79 kWhTesla Model Y Premium AWD (Juniper)
Range left in the cold56%modelled envelope57%modelled envelope
Charging
DC peak195 kW250 kW✓
10–80% at peak18 min✓25 min
Average power, 10–80%(derived)140 kW✓133 kW
AC maximum11 kW11 kW
Full charge on 240 V9.1 h✓10 h
Fast-charge plugCCS1NACS
Size and weight
Length183.3 in188.6 in
Width with mirrors84.7 in83.8 in
Height63.2 in63.9 in
Wheelbase118.1 in113.8 in
Kerb weight4,310 lb4,568 lb
Space and practicality
Seats57✓
Boot, seats up18.4 cu ft29 cu ft✓
Front trunk2 cu ft4.1 cu ft✓
Maximum cargo55.8 cu ft75.5 cu ft✓
Towing, braked1,653 lb3,527 lb✓
Heat pumpStandard EquipmentStandard Equipment
Performance and safety
Power125 kW364 kW✓
0–100 km/h8.5 s4.8 s✓
Euro NCAP stars55
Battery warranty8 years / 99,419 mi8 years / 160,000 km8 years / 119,303 mi8 years / 192,000 km
V2L / V2H3.6 kW AC · Not supportedNot supported
Price
Starts at$35,000✓US list price$39,990US list price
Top version$67,800$57,490✓
Per mile of range$143cheapest version$124✓cheapest version

How to read the mixed rows. Range and efficiency come from one EPA row — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. Battery, charging and the catalogue dimensions come from the catalogue's headline record, which is not always the same trim. Each of those rows names its trim where the two disagree, and the model pages carry the full per-trim table.

What the cold row is not. “Range left in the cold” is the catalogue's modelled cold-highway figure as a share of its mild-urban one — a European model, not an EPA test in US weather. It is shown as a share rather than in miles so it cannot be mistaken for a US range rating.

Euro NCAP is the European crash programme; NHTSA and IIHS ratings are not in this dataset and are not claimed here. Warranty terms are the catalogue's kilometre figures converted to miles, so read them as indicative until a US warranty source replaces them.

Your numbers

What this pair costs you, on your drive

Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.

The drive

Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the EPA figure.

Hyundai Ioniq 5
2

stops · 36 min charging

Tesla Model Y
2

stops · 50 min charging

The year

Energy at the wheels from the EPA label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.

Hyundai Ioniq 5
$1,260

$11 per 100 mi

Tesla Model Y
$1,059

$9 per 100 mi

The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.

Your priorities

A verdict you can argue with

There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.

Weighted result

Tesla Model Y

wins 5 of 7 measures on these weights

Hyundai Ioniq 533%
Tesla Model Y67%

Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.

Questions

Short answers, then the reasoning

Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.

Still unsure about a term? The charging glossary covers the rest of them.

Which has more range, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 or the Tesla Model Y?

The Tesla Model Y. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is rated 318 miles and the Tesla Model Y 357, each on the longest-range version of its current model year — 2027 Ioniq 5 RWD and 2026 Model Y Long Range RWD respectively. EPA figures are lab scores from one standard test, not a promise for a cold morning or a steady 75 mph.

Which charges faster?

The Hyundai Ioniq 5. Going from 10% to 80% takes 18 minutes in the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (195 kW peak) and 25 in the Tesla Model Y (250 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.

Do they use the same plug?

No. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 fast-charges on CCS1 and takes J1772 for AC; the Tesla Model Y uses NACS and NACS for AC. An adapter can bridge the shape of the plug; it cannot change the power either car will accept or what a station will supply.

Which is cheaper to run?

The Tesla Model Y, by about $572.98 a year at 12,000 miles and $0.35 per kWh. It uses 25.2 kWh per 100 miles against 30. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.

Which has more space?

The Tesla Model Y: 18.4 cu ft of boot against 29 cu ft, and 7 seats against 5. Boot volumes are measured by different conventions between makers, so read the direction as reliable and the exact size of the gap as indicative.

Which is cheaper to buy?

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the cheaper of the two to buy, listed from $35,000.00 against $39,990.00 for the Tesla Model Y — $4,990.00 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before sales tax, destination and delivery charges, options and incentives, so a dealer's number will differ; these are US list prices from the price sheet, not the catalogue's European figures.

Other comparisons

All comparisons

Every figure on this page comes from the same records the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Tesla Model Y pages use. How the sources are chosen, and what a figure here never claims, is on the methodology page.