As I understand it, the Kona EV has 4 trim variants (in the UK) called Advance, Ultimate, N Line and N Line S. The Advance comes with 17" wheels, with the choice of 48.4 or 65.4kWh battery. All the rest come with the 19" wheels and 65.4kWh battery by default. Only the Ultimate trim has the option of switching to the 17"wheels. So, if you choose N Line or N Line S, you have to have the 19" wheels. The driving range is 282miles on 19" wheels and 319miles on 17" wheels with the 65.4kWh battery.

@hishamg

7 ай бұрын

Thanks. That’s a bit harsh on the N-Line and N-Line S drivers; basically you only get the full 300 miles+ of WLTP range if you buy the top or bottom of the range cars. So mid-range cars are a bit rubbish compared to the top and bottom.

@bernardhilton3527

7 ай бұрын

I have just ordered an Advance model with 18 inch wheels. So that option must be available.

@hishamg

7 ай бұрын

@@bernardhilton3527 thanks, I wonder if you can get the N Line or N Line S with 17 inch wheels?

@barrydoherty636

7 ай бұрын

What are your thoughts on heads up display?

Hi, I have a Kona EV 2023 Ultimate (UK). It is not the new shape, so the battery is a little smaller. I recently did a journey from London to Yorkshire and back. - Dec - temperatures in 5-7 degrees centigrade. - Each leg of the journey was 200 miles, 187 miles motorway driving and 13 miles city driving. - Speeds were mostly 70 miles per hour for motorway. - Driving at night with headlights and heating on all the time. - Charged to 100% on the day, at destination I had 26% battery left or 63 miles to go. - Same journey same conditions four days apart, with same results So my Kona can manage 260 miles (say 250 miles) driving at 70 mph or 110 KMH , in cold temps, at night with heating and headlights on. This makes the range 400 km, under these conditions.

Love the physical buttons. This could make me like this car more than HI5 or EV6

Thank you for a really useful review. Could i ask that as the review is in English would you please consider turning the car's displays to English so we can understand what it means. Thank you again for a great video.

Thanks Kris for your video. I'd love to know what real world is with summer tires and warmer temps but may have to test that myself as this EV is on my shortlist either that or the Atto 3 or Ioniq 5.

really nice car and good video

Don't forget that France 's let you drive up to 130 km/h too.

Thanks for the review. Really Useful. I'm a little disappointed at the consumption though. I feel like I get better out of my 2021 Kona, although to be sure I would have to do a test at 13 degrees like you. I drove from Genova to Firenze and got around 420k doing around 110-115k/hr - this was at a much warmer 22-23 degrees. But would 10 degrees of difference make such a difference in range, do you think?

What do you mean 130 km/h is 🇩🇪 and 🇦🇹 only ? Denmark Italy and France have 130 km/h on the motorway. It is only 🇳🇱 that recently have reduced most of the time to 100 km/h.

Thanks for the review. It would be interesting to know how fast this vehicle charges in on the public charging network.

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

50 kW up to 80%

👍👍👍👍👍

Especially Portuguese are always amused when seeing a cona. Let's ask google translate why... 😂

@janove4374

7 ай бұрын

Kona is wife in Norwegian though 🤔

Wait.. this range this must be with smaller battery Kona Electric? As the larger battery variant should give you almost 500km of range (from the older Kona Electrics with bigger battery).

17" testing pls ;-)

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

Sorry, won't get a car with 17 inch

@timothyi6492

7 ай бұрын

@@BatteryLife Do the wheels have the same tyres? On the Ioniq 5, Hyundai said most of the difference was down to the tyre compound rather than the wheel size. Primacys give you more range, and Pilot Sports handle better.

What is the official colour name of your version?

waiting for Pricing and specs here in Australia.

@Exxodus74

7 ай бұрын

Looking at prices around the world, conversion comes to same price as lowest speck ioniq 5.

There appears to be a lot of menu selections before you drive. Does the car remember these settings or do you need to do this every time you drive. The overall operation still looks clunky.

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

It is a EU regulation. It has to be on with every start

Give me some advice. ID3 58 with a heat pump or Kona 65 with a heat pump? I travel a lot on the road at speeds of 120 km around Poland. I like the ID3 better, but I expect a big difference in travel time (better range) in Kona.

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

That is hard. Kona has better range. You should decide on what you like better.

@marfandestroyer2834

7 ай бұрын

@@BatteryLife what about battery heating? VW id3 has it?

There will be a video with the charging curve?

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

Yes

What is price comparison of the old 2023 to new 2024 version?

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

Since the old one is not available anymore, I don't know. And prices are different every year

Surprised how high the consumption is. I would expect around 180wh/km in my ID3 at those temperatures and speeds (all very typical for here in the UK). But 215 miles is still pretty good.

@egilstrmme8088

7 ай бұрын

For your interest Teslabjoern tested the facelift ID3 this summer in a 1000 km challenge. Average speed 95,2 km\h and average consumption 228 Wh\km. I think the Kona with 19" wheels and winter tyres seems to be pretty efficient😊

@simondehaas8784

7 ай бұрын

@@egilstrmme8088 Bjorn drives really fast. 120+ VAT

@egilstrmme8088

7 ай бұрын

​ @@simondehaas8784I am aware of that but at that speed his consumption is about 255 Wh/km. Maybe I am comparing apples to oranges here.

@simondehaas8784

7 ай бұрын

@@egilstrmme8088 you must be. At 110 which I drive very often, ID3 consumption varies from 3 mi/kWh in cold, damp conditions to 4 mi/kWh in perfect summer conditions.

@egilstrmme8088

7 ай бұрын

@@simondehaas8784 I am relatively new to ev's and have realised that my learning curve i steeper than I expected;) I see that Teslabjoern has got hold of a 2024 Hyundai Kona. Looking forward to his tests of the car, not least about the cars efficiency.

Do you need to turn off those safety settings every single time you drive?

@BatteryLife

2 ай бұрын

Yes

What's the best charging speed to prolong battery life??

@BatteryLife

5 ай бұрын

AC

110 km/h vs 130 km/h speed goes up by 16,6% consumption goes up by 26,7%

@Filip-ld9ev

5 ай бұрын

What about 110 km/h and 120 km/h

I wonder if a set of 16 inch wheels will clear everything.

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

Not available as far as I know

@samusaran7317

7 ай бұрын

@@BatteryLife Yeah definitely a aftermarket setup.

Does it still beep like a truck, when reversing?

@HanYou2

7 ай бұрын

I like that feature on mine because pedestrians have a clue to get out of the way, otherwise it's just a stationary car for them.

@verboseEV

7 ай бұрын

no

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

No, you get a normal warning sound

Je to klasika bílá nebo perleť díky.

Hello, Here, this test leads us a little astray in measuring the possible range. You ended the test with a SOC that was too high. Hyundai-Kia is famous for its charge level not being linear! Especially at the end of SOC This means that under the remaining 22% SOC, the possible distance would have been half of what we saw now. Such a test must be completed below 10% SOC, otherwise some cars will not show a real picture. But let's do a little math - it never lies. If the consumption is 194.9 Wh/km and the projected range is 347.4 km, it quickly turns out that this Kona would have a usable battery capacity of 67.7 kW. This is rather the gross capacity, not the usable net...

@BatteryLife

7 ай бұрын

This Kona SOC was pretty linear. Seen in the 130 kmh test video

@ferencmajthenyi-nagy6383

7 ай бұрын

Yes, it seems till cca 20%! See the calculation of the usable capacity calculated from your numbers. Its false.

The range needs to double for these cars to become serious propositions

@Tiranox07

5 ай бұрын

Why? Do you drive several hundreds of kilometer every day?

@guillaumekalfon9117

5 ай бұрын

@@Tiranox07 why don't you mind your own business, friend?

Citroen e-C3 is revealed and price for 44kwh LFP battery is 23k euro, everything changes now

@samusaran7317

7 ай бұрын

I find that hard to believe. If it's actually sold at that price in the future, maybe things are looking up.

@jelteg.6581

6 ай бұрын

the range is only 320km WLTP which makes it a citycar

@samusaran7317

6 ай бұрын

@@jelteg.6581 Cringe