Hyundai electric and gas cars go head-to-head to see which is really cheaper on a 200-mile journey

These two British YouTubers put a Hyundai electric car and a Hyundai gas car head-to-head on a 200-mile journey to see which one is really cheaper.

The two British guys Tested an electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 against a hybrid Hyundai Tucson and went on exactly the same 200-mile journey to finally come up with an answer with whether EVs or hybrids are better.

They both used public chargers and gas stations on their journeys, and after the 200 mile odyssey, there was a clear winner.

However, despite the winner, the two guys acknowledged something that could have completely flipped the results on their heads.

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It seems like the question of the century, are EVs better than gas powered cars?

Many have tried and proven that in some cases gas powered cars are better than EVs and then another experiment will prove the exact opposite.

These two YouTubers from the What Car? YouTube channel decided that the best comparison would be between two cars from the same automaker, so they picked an electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 and a hybrid Hyundai Tucson.

When they set off on exactly the same 200 mile journey together, they decided to stop at a normal competitively-priced gas station for the hybrid and a normal competitively-priced supercharger.

When it came to comparing the prices, the two first shared the electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 results.

At a competitively priced public supercharger, the cost of electricity was around 97 cents per kw/h and he needed 62.05 kw/h to charge to 100 percent.

It cost him around $60.31 to fully charge his EV from 32 percent to 100 percent and when he plugged it in it went straight up to 215 kw/h and charged to 80 percent in just 15 minutes, it took a further 30 minutes to get to 100 percent, so in total took 45 minutes to charge.

The gas car, on the other hand, needed 19.75 liters of gas and had been working at an extremely efficient 49 mpg.

It only cost $1.81 per liter and in total it cost $35.96, far cheaper than the Hyundai Ioniq 5.

The two YouTubers acknowledged that it would cost so much less if he had charged the Ioniq 5 at home, only around $22.61.

It seems that in this case, the gas car was far more efficient and cheaper, when it came to charging times and total costs, but it really depends on where you do your charging, the question unfortunately still remains.

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