CCATP #834 — Adam Engst on Digital Key 2 with IONIQ 5 EV

CCATP #834 — Adam Engst on Digital Key 2 with IONIQ 5 EV

From Chit Chat Across the Pond by Allison Sheridan

May 1, 2026 · 1h 0m

About this episode

Adam Engst discusses his experience with Digital Key 2 and the IONIQ 5 EV, along with insights on electric vehicle range and planning tools.

Adam Engst of TidBITS is here to talk about one of my favorite subjects: electric vehicles and their high-tech features. In particular, he's enamored with Digital Key 2 with the IONIQ EV he just purchased. Of course you can read his full article about his experience with Digital Key 2 at tidbits.com/... We can't stay on one topic, so we also talked about how he's handling the increased range of a full EV after spending more than a decade driving a Nissan Leaf EV with very low range. He explains how he uses the tool A Better Route Planner from abetterrouteplanner.com/... to help him plan his longer trips. During the discussion, he spoke of the effect a headwind can have on the range of an EV. I promised to include a link in the shownotes to Steve Sheridan's terrific article explaining why EVs are more affected by wind and going uphill than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Spoiler, it's because ICE vehicles are so inefficient, losing 80% of the energy rather than using it to propel the car forward. Read an unedited, auto-generated transcript with chapter marks: CCATP_2026_04_21 Referral Links: Setapp - 1 month free for you and me Wispr Flow - 1 month free for you PETLIBRO…

People in this episode

Host: Allison Sheridan

Guest: Adam Engst

Topics covered

  • electric vehicles
  • Digital Key 2
  • IONIQ 5 EV
  • A Better Route Planner
  • EV range
  • headwind effects on EVs

Keywords

  • electric vehicles
  • Digital Key 2
  • IONIQ 5
  • A Better Route Planner
  • EV range
  • Nissan Leaf
  • headwind effects

Sponsors

Setapp, Wispr Flow, PETLIBRO, Parallels Toolbox, MacSparky Field Guides, Backblaze, Eufy, PIA VPN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TidBITS, A Better Route Planner, Steve Sheridan

Products: Digital Key 2, IONIQ 5 EV, Nissan Leaf EV

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