2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 can be the best agreement EV in America after a huge price reduction

• Hyundai reduced the prices for Ioniq 5 on Wednesday to $ 9.800.
• CUC makes Ioniq 5 perhaps the best America EV agreement.
• Ioniq 5 is now undermined by the Tesla model Y with a long shot while offering better value and specifications than other competitors.

If you are something like me, you are kicking for missing a federal tax credit on net cars of $ 7,500, which was early Tuesday. Maybe you couldn’t get it too much before the deadline of 30. September. Or maybe you, like me, just don’t I really need In the new car, Fomo will be damn.

But don’t worry; EV stores are everywhere if you know when to look. The fact is that automobile companies still have to sell this with the help or without the help of federals. And we have already seen some automobile companies to reduce prices and offer hot offers to replace the Demi Demi Tax Credit.

On Wednesday, Hyundai reduced the retail price of the manufacturer from 2026 Ioniq 5 Crossover by up to $ 9,800, which decided to lose a tax credit and then some. Overnight the new Ioniq 5 became one of the best – no tea Best – EV stores in America.

After the price was reduced, before the target fee for only $ 35,000, the Ioniq 5 retile was retrified. Now I admit it is not cheap Cheap. But it’s not much for a brand new electric car. Moreover, it’s not just an electric car. It is Ioniq 5, boldly stylized, fast charged, long -term crossover, which is easily one of the best EVs you can buy today.

Hyundai said this step helps him “better in line with the current market dynamics and an increase in the US production volume”. And I agree. At these prices, Hyundai will sell a ton of these things. (So ​​far, about 41,000 this year has moved.)

Ioniq 5 is RWD now costs $ 37,500 and (according to the 2025 data) offers an estimated range of $ 318 million. You can jump the lining level to the mean SEL RWD level for just $ 39,800, or $ 9,800 less than what would cost you version 2025. Dual-motor Sel AWD (290 million) 43 300 $.

Honest, not everyone qualified for a tax credit EV because of household income limits, some buyers may have received a big postponement of their purchase Ioniq 5 to date.

Now let’s compare Ioniq 5 prices with some competitors. Ioniq 5 now beats most rivals in their Ballpark, Eith about price or abilities or stand.

The RWD is just a few Grand more than 319 miles Chevrolet Equinox EV, which we land as one of the best EV negotiations. And all love for Equinox EV, but I would rather have Ioniq 5.

It is also several thousand bucks less than 314 miles of Toyota BZ. For 300 miles of Mustang Mach-e you are looking at more than $ 43,000. Volkswagen ID.4 starts at more than $ 45,000 for $ 291 miles.

And unlike any of these cars, Ioniq 5 800 V architecture, which allows a super fast charging. From 10% -80% it should get in just 20 minutes, which is very good. It also comes from a factory with a NACS charging port designed by Tesla, something that will have tests. This allows free charging when renting Supercharger.

In our testing, we also found that Ioniq 5 rides well. And we like its spacious, airy interior and retrofuturistic design.

Tesla Model Y – another of our best tips – offers significantly larger than Ioniq 5, but it costs much more. The long -term rear -wheel drive model runs $ 44,900 and carries an EPA estimate of 357 million all -wheel drive costs $ 48,990 for $ 327 million.

Right now, the Ioniq 5 2026 is a hard agreement to defeat. However, the automaker such as Rivian, General Motors and Ford is still offering rental contracts funded by tax loans for a limited period of time. I fully expect other brands to follow, with price cutouts and deep discounts that Stoke asks.

Tesla has long experience with fast and relaxed prices. So the Y model could soon be in spitting the distance Ioniq 5.

Speaking of the American leadership, here is another place of agent: the company says that it works on the Y Lite (my own nomenclature), which will be accessible than its current line -up. Depending on the price of this model, Hyundai’s hatchback can provide a run for money.

Bottom line: Even with EV tax credit there is a surprising love good News for car buyers. For now.

Contact the author: Tim.levin@insideevs.com