2021 Hyundai Kona Electric Review || This, or a Tesla Model 3? 

*VOTE* on whether you prefer the looks of the Kona Electric or the Tesla Model 3! _COMMENT_ "Kona" for the Kona Electric or Click _LIKE_ for the Model 3 (I'm doing this because RU-vid has turned off the vote option 😕)

I think the shirt is more electric than car

I got my Kona EV two weeks ago and I just love it!

Get this guy more subscribers!!! Most in depth review I’ve ever seen for ANY car

great video, love your work

This video needs more views. I've watched every Kona electric review I can find and this is easily the best.

I am impressed by the accurate information you delivered to the audience! Thank you for the great if not the greatest review!!!

I've been seeing different videos of the 2021 Kona EV with a different front. Do you know why that is?

Picking Our up tomorrow WOW Cant wait Seems ive got the right one

Speaking of "cheap and nosty"... nice shirt. I'm sorry! I like your shirt. The roast just popped into my head. Thanks for the video.

If you managed to get through I hope you won the tournament!!

Kona EV 5/10......that shirt 10/10 reminds of a 90s Canterbury rugby shirt. Good review

That shirt goes well with the kona lol

Is this the car that catches alight and has been recalled? Thanks.

I wonder if you did use all of the charging ports and options how much 'mileage' it would reduce by.

That car is all jacked up!! The steering wheel is on the wrong side!!

Matt: This or Tesla? Tesla Fanboys : So you chose death...

Lol, I know 20 years ago when Korea pop culture wasnt necessarily a thing, none of us had any idea how to pronounce Hyundai, but it's just "hyun day", 2 syllables

I’m not sure if i agree with the placement of the charging port. The most common areas of a car being hit in an accident is likely the front or back statistically so a front on collision would potentially damage the charging port too making it an expensive insurance claim. I prefer telslas charging placement to hyandai’s .

My friend has this car and I had the chance to drive it. Three things bothered me: the constant tire spin at every green light (and he's on Michelin tires) or when turning (probably bad front suspension design), and the rear suspension which is harsh and bouncy (reminded me of the Kia Soul actually), and finally the relatively long charging times (no Tesla supercharger here). Good things: incredible range, reasonably quiet, good quality materials, tons of money saved on gasoline. If you don't have government rebates or incentives, this car is expensive though. Would I buy one? Not bloody likely. I enjoy my gas-guzzling AWD Kia Stinger GT Limited too much (before gasoline-powered cars will eventually be extinct)! 😉 Thanks for sharing this review.

You need to slow your edits down...too fast and clipped!

Thanks for the video. This is not the 2021 facelift though.

I own a Kona. It’s great

Excellent review. My intention is to wait for the Santa Fe Ev. I have no intention of buying a hybrid. I have a near new Santa Fe, the best car ever. An EV version will be outstanding. I am prepared to wait four years.

I like the white roof too. Hate black roofs. In a hot country white roofs make sence.

what is the difference between a 2020 & 2021 Kona?

The Model Y is actually the closest competitor in terms of price, at least in my area. This is because dealerships are charging ABOVE MSRP for the Kona. Some have an asking price of nearly $50,000!!

Easily Model 3 over this. I'd much rather have a ground-up electric car over some ICE car that's been refitted any day! Great review as always Matt!

I can already see us all looking back at the old 2-tone colored cars from the '20s, with only the low-end pre-loved car market opting to but them. Nup. Datable, very.

Change the tyres. That’s what I’d do. And stop fighting with rainbows.

I chose the Kona, very well build and have ultra range in city. the only complain the front wheel drive.

I'm not a fan of the colour but I'd pick the Kona over the Tesla.

No doubt the comments will be full of people saying that it is madness to even consider any other car as preferable to a Tesla. I pretty much got told I was an idiot to even consider a top of the line Kona when I could have had a bottom of the line Tesla Model 3 for a similar price. Nonetheless, I got the Kona. Why? Well the Kona ticked a few boxes that the M3 didn't. Our previous car was not so easy to park. The M3 has a worse turning circle, the Kona is better. Our previous car had a bit less ground clearance that we were happy with on occasional dirt tracks. The M3 is the same, the Kona has slightly more clearance. We sometimes move bulky objects. The Kona has a square hatch opening; the M3 has a low boot. The M3 has a bit more total luggage volume but not by much and it is harder to access. The M3 has a 'frunk' but we do too now in the Kona as an aftermarket add-on. The Kona had about 10% more range (in 2019 comparison). The M3 gives you access to the Tesla supercharger network, which is a plus, but where we go, the NRMA fast DC chargers and other commercial chargers are making this Tesla advantage less compelling. The top of the line Kona has some nice things that are not in the bottom M3 such as heated and cooled seats and heated steering wheel. These mean that the cabin heater is often not needed which increases range. 10s of Watts to the seat and hands is more efficient than kiloWatt cabin heating. I prefer the more open view from the Kona. Either has ample performance. The Kona has real buttons and knobs for many functions. Our previous car had a lot of things on touch sensitive controls. This was fine when stationary but harder to use quickly and reliably without taking eyes off the road for too long while the car was in motion. The M3 touch screen alone was enough to be a deal-breaker for my co-pilot, and she preferred the more normal look of the Kona. The Tesla was a bit too 'look at me' for her taste. Personally, I think either car looks quite good but looks are low among my priorities. Teslas are nice cars and suit many people very well but, for us, the Kona was preferable. I have driven a Tesla model S and a model 3 and various other electric cars, even a 1917 Detroit Electric. Consider the Kona seriously. A lot of what makes people go 'wow' about Tesla are characteristics of just about every electric car, so pick the one that suits you.

You don't need to keep cutting to you driving. I'd prefer it if you kept the focus on the feature of the car instead of jumping back to you every 2 seconds

Haaayundaai....

Oh my gosh you crack me up. I own this car and the things the things you love, I don't, and vise-versa :) But we can agree on one thing: we both love how it drives! (But the Tesla is waaaay prettier)

Probably good to compare against the elect MG ZS

During the past two years there have been a total of 12 incidents in which electric vehicles have caught fire in South Korea. All the fires have occurred in the Kona Electric, a model produced by Hyundai.

So which is it? The 2020 or the 2021 Kona EV?

Why does it say 2021 Kona, but the video is about a 2020 car?

Hi Matt, great review! The most expensive car Hyundai sells is the Nexo!

Hi there, your title says 2021 but you said 2020 in the beginning of the video.

13 fires - dodgy separators in battery cells or sabotage maybe?

Please do your research… The standard range Model 3 does 409km on the equivalent WLTP cycle, and from many reviews or talking to Model 3 owners, this is actually much more optimistic than the 449km of the Kona. I’ve been driving my Kona Highlander for 1 year and 36’000km and my average from new is exactly 12.7kWh/100km. A theoretical range of 500km. To do my job I would have had no choice but to buy the long range Model 3 at $99’000. That is a LOT more money for a car with a horrible build quality. No contest, the Kona is better value for money, and better in general unless you really need blistering 0 to 100km/h.

In your video you say Tesla has same range and $$ I’ve found Kona does real world 100ks more range than a SR+ all day long it’s about the same or more than Model 3 LR which is more $$

That tire spin worries me especially if the roads are wet, that’ll be scary to think about

PS. 395NM = 295lb-ft, not hp @ 12:35 ;)

Kona is built to the price. Tesla is not. It's built to the rich demographic. No contest. Personally I'd go Kona, even though the petrol trumps the electric for looks. from Balwyn.

As a Kona owner, it pains me to hear how you keep pronouncing Hyundai..BUT I admit that I didn't say it right at first either, because no one who looks it up really knows how to pronounce it.. but the company even says that it's pronounced "hun-day"

Haaa yoooonnn diiiieeee..... Sorry, couldn't help myself (edit: we Americans never can)

TM3 looks better, but the Hyundai is globally quite a bit better. Overall, Hyundai is the best choice.

Hey what do you know, car looks better when the grill doesnt occupy the entire front of the car! Who would've thought?

NOT the 2021 model. Exterior has been changed.

According to the company, the name is pronounced "HUN-DAY" NOT Hee-yoon-die

In kinda reminds me of toyota yaris cross suv

Hyundai like Sunday

what are you dementias mate. I have a tall torso so need a high top. thank you.

Mine is 2150kg! Kona electric ultimate 64kwh battery pack

oh burning car

It is pronounced "Huhn-dei" (two syllables, not three) not "High-Oon-Dy"....I don't understand why Commonwealth countries all mispronounce this name. It is a proper name, your language rules don't apply. It sounds as ridiculous as me saying "New Zedland". Also goes for the Kia "spor-tidge", not "Sport-Ahsh". It is not a French word. Please spread the word 😀

Kona ev all the way!!!!!!

Good review. The giggling has to go though.

My guess is that even a Koenigsegg has plastic in it...... What car doesn't?

If you think this can compete with a Tesla in the way it looks you are definitely smoking something. I want to buy an SUV electric but this is not the one

One is a well screwed together car that does everything it promises to do reasonably well and made by a company who has a good record for after sales customer relationships and knows how to make cars for profit as opposed to relying in selling environmental credits to stay in business. The other is a Tesla!!

very disappointing there is no frunk - this is expected now

"Ha Yun Dai"??? Come on man...

It's "HUN-DAY" Not "HEY-YOON-DIE"

slightly triggered by the way he pronounce Hyundai, its "hun-day"

This is 2020 not 2021

Too much cheap plastic maybe?

Neither. You get way more car for way less money if you forget about EVs. Disclaimer: I own a Kona EV, and hate the very guts of it. Edited to add: You missed a whooooole lot of info on the Kona. The model you reviewed is the high-end model, there's two lower-end models for sale, in some markets even a lower-range model. The Kona EV is not identical to the Kona ICE. The frame is different, and a few other details are too. One major difference is towing ability. The Kona ICE can tow a decent trailer. The Kona EV says in the user manual "towing not recommended", though you can fit a tow bar to it. Eco limits airconditioning, Eco+ by default turns A/C off (though you can turn it back on) and also limits top speed to 60mph/100kmh. kona ev range The regen modes affect, among other things, how the car "coasts". Turn it off and the car will roll like it's in neutral. Turn it to 1 and it's going to slow down - VERY slowly. And as you said at level 3 regen it'll decelerate quite fast. The Kona also has a "Utility Mode" in which the high voltage battery supplies power to all the 12v systems. This is useful in many cases: If you have kids or dogs in the car in summer, turn on Utility Mode and the car will stay cool. If you go camping, you can run a 500W inverter off the 12v socket. If you are out partying, you can run lights and/or stereo without worrying that you'll kill off the 12v battery. Depending on your driving style and environment you get a lot more than the stated 258 miles out of it. I'll grant, I drive like my own granny (who had no driver's license...) but I regularly get over 300 miles on freeway - if I stay around 65mph/100kmh. If I go 85mph135kmh, the range drops drastically, even below the stated 258 miles. The worst range I ever got was with regen off, going uphill, coasting downhill, resulting in a near-empty battery at 130 miles. Hyundai also has an app to remote control some aspects of the car. It works moderately well, fails occasionally for no discernible reason. With the app you can see charge levels, start/stop charging, turn climate control on and off (it turns off automatically after 15 mins though), lock/unlock the doors, turn on/off valet mode, set timers for charging, climate control etc.pp. - I find those timers super convenient to get to a nice warm car in winter when going to work. If you have kids driving the car, you can also speed-limit the car and set geo-fence boundaries, including getting alerts when either is violated. Charging: As you can see at around 2:11 there is a charge level indicator in the charge port, and the white ring around the socket is an indicator: White = plugged in, ready to charge. Green = charging. Red = charge error. Last but not least: I like that the charge port is in front, BUT they neglected to add a seal. Consequently, dirt gets in it, and in winter it can freeze shut. A simple solution some Kona owners came up with is to add some cheap weather stripping around the edge of the charge door. I used closed-cell foam window seal 1cm thick, 1.3cm wide on mine. No more dirt, no more frozen door. So, yeah. Missed a few things. I still hate the car. LOL

Listening to you say Hyundai is very painful!

If you buy a Hyundai be prepared to spend minimum of $175-$500 every month on BS problems you will never experience in a quality car like an Honda. Every other month you will have to replace 1 0f 6 to 8 catalytic converters that go out for no reason like clock work one after the other. Your gas line will need replacing, then your gas tank that rotted from the inside for no apparent reason. Your check engine light will be on more than it is off. When you finally replace the entire engine and decide you've had enough, and sell it for next to nothing, you'll buy yourself an Acura and realize that it never needs maintenance, that it isn't normal to be without your car every other month because it's in the shop again, and you'll swear like I did to NEVER buy another Hyundai again!!!

why would you think a hyundai compares to a tesla,,, its not even close,, Tesla wins the world

wtf is "hayundai"?

You need to learn how to pronounce Hyundai. It has 2 syllables. Hyun-day. Hyun rhymes with fun. The second syllable sounds like DAY. NOT high-yun-die!

Model 3 is better looking car.....

Model 3 every way is better

Don’t like the Tesla Matt. Meh!

Dude... It's "Hun Day". If you want to be 100% authentic, the Korean pronunciation is "Hyun Day" (the y is extremely soft relative to English). So yeah. It's not "Hi-OOHn-DIE". You're breaking my ears.

tesla....

Sorry the design is too fussy ....ugly !

Talking to much 👎🏼

Very ugly car period and it looks like it will fall apart don't buy this electric car if you want a much better car Toyota and kind is better than Hyundai.