1140km EV Road Trip: Edmonton to Waterton | Hyundai Kona EV 64kWh 

Enjoy your Kona EV! I think it is a very well balanced electric vehicle.

Agree with Don. In May we visited Jasper, Banff and Cranmore in Alberta. Spectacular scenery.

On a basic level, if you just want an EV that works, I would say the Kona is a good choice. From my own experience, the Kona is pretty reliable and I never had any glitches or software issues with the vehicle. So I can just plug in when the battery is low and drive it when you have charged enough. But if you want the most optimized EV experience, I would say Tesla is the best choice. There are many things that Tesla vehicles does so much better than non-Tesla vehicles. In the winter, I have to monitor battery temperature of the Kona to determine where and when to charge to provide the best charging speed to price ratio. Because EV charges slowly when the battery is too cold. Tesla vehicles pre-heat the battery for you when you navigate to their supercharger to make sure you arrive with a warm battery. Tesla's on board navigation shows you where the charging stations are, availability, and can plan your trip for you around superchargers. For the Kona, I need to juggle a few different apps to plan my trip, find charging stations, check availability, and pay for charging. Tesla superchargers are just plug and play, and you really don't have to do anything on your end except for plugging in. For non-Tesla, a different app is required for each charging network. Most of the time you can activate a charging station with an app, sometimes that doesn't work and you might need to use an NFC card or tag, you might have to call the number on the station, or you can use your credit card on only some of the charging stations. As for the phone app experience for connectivity with your EV, Tesla is the best. Their app is fast with a lot of functions and connects with ease. The Bluelink app for the Kona is quite slow and limited in function. Bluelink had worked fine for me most of the time but there are a lot of Kona Electric users who really dislike the Bluelink app. All in all, Tesla vehicles are probably the best for non-tech savvy people.

From Edmonton to Claresholm, most of the highway is 110km/hr. From Claresholm to Waterton, most of the highway is 100km/hr. I drive between speed limit and 10% above speed limit.

@@READYSTEADYCHARGE Do you use cruise control when going such distances? Also, do you know if regen braking is more or less effective when using cruise control? Appreciate the Kona specific content!

@@eoinoneill1774 I use cruise control on part of this trip where there isn't a lot of cars in front of me. Otherwise, I always use Level 3 regen. When the vehicle is slowing down on it's own during adaptive cruise control, it uses regen, but definitely not as heavy as Level 3 regen.

I usually find the chargers on Plugshare and then plan by calculating myself using a predicted consumption number. I have ABRP, but I need a reference point from my own calculations.

Yes, I run the HVAC to keep myself comfortable when charging. Cooling in the summer usually takes 1kW or less. Heating in the winter is around 2kW. If you are charging at 50kW or above it's not that significant. I do tend to turn HVAC off when shooting video to reduce background noise.

Kilometres.

Ikr. I'm good for about 8 hours.

@@jackdaniels2905 I’m good for a max of four… but I’m 62….

@@skepticalmechanic gotta enjoy the ride right.