This first feature could be seen as somewhat of a double-edged sword. No matter who you are, there have been times when you are driving, and you lose track of how fast you are going or forget where the next turn your navigational system said will be. Our eyes can get stuck on the road. There are also times when we aren’t looking at the road enough and find ourselves checking the speedometer frequently or looking over at some kind of screen.
For the Ioniq 5 Limited, Hyundai has created a feature called Premium Head-Up Display. With this enabled, it creates an augmented reality screen on your windshield, displaying things like how fast you are going or navigational prompts. Instead of looking around at different places in your vehicle, you can keep your eyes directly on the road and always know what you need while driving. For some, that is great. For others, the visuals on the windshield could be an unwelcome distraction to the driving experience because it is such a new idea. Either way, it would be good to at least have the option to try it out on all our cars.