Hyundai Kona Electric | Real World Mileage & Opinion 

I love when she turn the adaptive cruise control on😂😂😂 legendary

22k miles into the ownership of a Kona electric (my first EV) and I couldn’t be more impressed. Majority of those miles have been on the motorway between the West Midlands and North Lakes and I tend to get an average efficiency of between 3.2 - 4 mi/kWh. Not as impressive as many people report but still provides a reliable range of >200 miles even in cold and windy weather which is more than enough to make my key weekly commute without the need to stop and charge en route (what originally persuaded me to get the Kona). Agree that adaptive cruise coupled with LFA takes all the effort out of motorway driving and makes long journeys much more relaxing. Find the stop-start function in crawling traffic particularly useful.

Whenever your family shows up, it's always a good video. They are a hoot!

This was a very good realistic review! Sarah was very brave to try something new for the very first time in the rain and on camera! I hope you tell her we think that was impressive! I currently lease a 2018 Ioniq PHEV but the next car in 2021 will be a Kona EV 64kW if I can manage it. You two are hilariously refreshing! Thanks ever so much. ( You've got me using your expressions LoL!)

Ya''ll are too cute. hahahaha. Thank you for these presentations. just purchased the Kona EV SEL last weekend. I'm loving it. Will be making my first long road trip from Seattle to Arizona next month.

I own a 2019 Niro in Vermont. Over 5 and a half months, I have driven it 8411 miles at an average of 4.59 miles per kWh or .135 kWh. I have driven 241 miles, charged to 100% and had 22% let when I got hone. Mostly drive at 60 on the freeway. However, winter is coming and studded tires and -10C°. US high speed charging infrastructure is primitive, was in Quebec last week and there was a lot more. Drove back in 2°C at 62 with the heat on and performance dropped to 3.6 miles per Kwh

excellent real world results and your wife is a real trooper with a mischievous attitude :)

Hi Ryan, let me start off by saying OMG your wife is such a character, . She had me in stitches 😂😂, excellent that was sooooo much fun to watch. Thank you. 👍, and thank you to your mrs she is great. You must invite her to more of your reviews on EVs. Secondly although my wife owns a 2018 leaf and loves it i think the kona could well be on our list when looking for a second EV in a couple of years time. It sounds to me like the perfect EV for what i need it for. Great vlog Ryan. Keep up the excellent work. 👌👍

Thanks, Sarah and Ryan. Most informative, and, as always, nicely presented. Shall play this video to 'the Hampshire Lass',to see how she feels about the car.

Two cents: 1) Very good real video with a (almost first timer) regular driver used to ICE cars. Real condition, no fussing around. Excellent test. 2) You just lost your channel to your wife. She is the best. LOL.

Wow unique video, breakdown and all! I would agree, eNiro is also practically 240 mi driving at 70mph. But dropping speed to 65mph seems to make a big difference.

Thanks Ryan, very useful. I’m not a fan of the interior but clearly if you need or want range then this is worth considering. I think it’s easy to fall into range is everything mode & for some folk it might be a necessity but that range has a price which for my family I can’t justify. I don’t need it, so I’m not prepared to join the waiting list. Can’t deny it’s appeal though. Loved your wife’s thoughts & comments, mine would be the same with cruise let alone adaptive cruise.

We also have a red Nissan Leaf Tekna (30 kWh) plus a blue Kona (64 kWh), and I loved this video so much I invited my wife Liz to come and share it with me, sitting on my lap. She is also rather tecchy averse, and she is now OK with the Leaf for her daily 40 mile commute across Glasgow, but a bit worried about driving the Kona, but she loved the video. We have a big 700 mile trip next weekend all the way from Glasgow to Cheltenham and back., and I hope this has given her the confidence to give it a go and enjoy all the extra feautures. So thanks to you, and your lovely lady: she is a RU-vid star in the making, and I have no doubt one day we will meet up in realspace. {{{hugs}}}

thanks for describing the aspects of the mechanical failure ( Tyre ) in such full and honest form, could happen to anyone.

I am going to test drive a Kona EV this week. Very excited. I live in Quebec, Canada which accounts for 60% of all electric car sales in Canada! Probably due to our access to inexpensive electricity (about 9 cents per Kwh). Thanks for sharing your (and of course, your wife's) Kona experience. Cheers.

I've had my Kona electric since July. I can get 300 miles around our local, hilly roads, driving lightly but not absurdly slowly. So keeping up with traffic, sticking at the speed limit when appropriate, etc etc. On motorways I agree with your 240-250 estimate, but reckon I was getting that at 75mph - but the conditions were nothing like as bad so less strain on the battery. Just a magnificent car.

My Kona Electric Premium SE 64kWh gives the same kind of range as your review model. Same drop of range in cold and dark conditions. Worst so far was a 212 mile drive up the M6 where I had no destination charger - chose to duck off to a rapid charger at Carnforth just in case. Effective range on 100% charge was 205 miles. Same as you, heater, AC, lights, wipers, heated seats... Everything on. Summer driving, I was regularly getting 280 miles on a full charge. The car's indicated range does give a high degree of confidence and alleviate range anxiety!

Hi Ryan, great video and your wife was great! I was wondering, did you have the Adaptive Cruise control on when you hit the rock, if you did, do you think you would have missed the rock if you had it turned off? Because in theory, you'd be concentrating more due to not relying on the 'lane assist' etc. whilst driving. By the way I'm glad you both had a good time at the Wedding👍👍😉🔌

Nice review. I bought an aftermarket spacesaver spare wheel for my 40kwh leaf.The thought of using the supplied gunk does not appeal to me at all. I also believe that tyre fitters hate this in a tyre. Keep up the good work.

The same as Paul I also get over 300 mile out of our Kona, all be it at a slower pace than 70. At the moment on local driving at speeds around 30 to 55 I get 5-2ml per kw. Very happy with that. I’m told the regen on the Kona is huge at over 100kw but I’m not sure how accurate that is.

I am getting over 300 miles per full charge from my Kona electric!!!!

Thank you to Sarah for getting you going then would your channel exist if you hadn't got the Leaf? :) Love the adaptive cruise part, I would've taken hands off do it myself in my Ioniq with LKAS but the Kona has LFA which is better to just try it good for about 10s can get a drink or reach for something if alone in car from the glovebox even. My cruise is always set to adaptive, wouldn't drive without it.

Very good got a star in the making.

Interesting test of the cruise control, I thought general advice was not to use cruise control on wet motorways due to the increased liklihood of aqua-planing. Most systems cause the vehicle to speed up and lose control. Shame about the tyre, lack of a spare in modern cars worries me.

This review couldn't have been better times. We have had a leasing offer from our energy supplier, EDF, on leasing an EV and the Kona is one of the models offered. We are hoping to look at/drive one in the coming week and see what happens. At present we have a 5 year old Prius which has only done 40,000 miles but we have roof panels and it seems sensible to take advantage of them.

Knew you'd come around. The Kona is a great car but an incredible EV. The longer range and excellent efficiency transforms your experience.

My wife was at first afraid to drive the kona ev. Now she won't let it go and will never go back to diesel manual shift mercedes. She's doing 12 kw per 100km which is very good.Still have to do the charging on the weekends with 30% coming from my solar panels. The futur NOW

most people would drive about 140 miles in bloody awful UK traffic before needing a pee stop. Pee stop takes about 20 mins even when direct so that extra 100 miles in case, no loo, no charger, no tea or coffee etc should alleviate that propagandised anxiety form some quarters are still so fond of.

Nice car but £35,000+ is not an affordable family car!

I'm really wanting to get my wife to purchase a Kona or eNiro (when available), but I think this video will be an assistance for her to understand the technology and how a 'non-techy' might understand everything.

I'm convinced that the sun NEVER shines in the UK.

Hi how much is a full charge cost thanks

My wife doesn’t like cruise and hasn’t used it ever, I love the adaptive cruise in my Kona. However, she loves the car, the driving position and the ease of driving it. I struggle to get the keys off her. My god usually shows around 280 range but I have driven to Plymouth which is 205 miles from me and it showed 80 left on the gom. Great car, wouldn’t swap for a Tesla now.

My wife acts the same with ceuise control - she never uses it and she bans AP use in the Model 3 when she is onboard 😁

Remember that Leaf range extender? Look at it now. He made 2011 Ultra Leaf 2011 with 55KWh usable... He is looking for e-plus to race with... but this Kona would probably do too.

So what is your car of choice, the Kona or the Model 3 ? I'm on the waiting list for a Kona however the price now is approx £41k, ie Tesla money, mind you out of principal I won't buy a car that means the luxury tax. Best to wait to see what happens next year ?

I'd like you to do a review of the new 52 kWh Zoe. I think you'll bee suitably impressed. Similar range to the Kona and CCS charging. A lot smaller and fewer toys, but the new interior is very impressive. Price is from £26 grand to £28 grand. Sadly you'll have to wait a few weeks (as I am) for a test drive.

Can you review Kia Niro EV with this similar range test conditions?

I see you were in Downton , i thought i was the only Kona EV in the village

The Kona is going to be like hens teeth to get, but I think they will be very happy to increase the supply when they see how rabid the demand will be. I hope they and others are willing to ramp up production because 2020 is going to turn out to truly be the year of the electric car.

So will this be your new car? Will you be reviewing the MG ZS EV?

Atm Kona is the EV, where you get most value. You just have to be able to live with the lack of backseat space :)

I don't understand the commons about using cruise control in the rain. 1) it should be adaptive so it helps maintain distance. 2) the car has traction control. What the hell difference does it make if the road is wet? It will have the traction and react the same way as if cruise wasn't on in those conditions. Seriously people, I've used cruise in the rain for 40 years and had cars with adaptive cruise for the last seven, with no problems. it's not like you can't still brake yourself if need be.

When you pull the regen paddle do the brake lights come on?

That is minus 10% for every drop of 10 degrees in temperature plus a bit of extra wind.. And another 10% if most of the way is freeway and your going the speed limit. And another 10% when it is winter. That is the full truth covering basically all EVs on the market.

Backseat is very tight and uncomfortable?

See his video about the ev chargjng infrastructure in the uk,.

Lot’s of opportunities to be accused of ‘mansplaining’ there Ryan 😬....Mrs. E. Niro drives the car more than I do but has been reluctant to use cruise control..Using all the buttons is a ‘man thing’ apparently..Mmm, OK. The Hyundai looks great, same drive train as the e-Niro but a bit smaller. Quoted range on these cars are identical. When it comes to giving people an idea of the realistic range on these cars I think we have to bear in mind that neither of them were really available until the Spring this year..so no one has gone through a full winter with them yet. We are up to 13,000 km now and our weekly driving around rural France suggests a comfortable 500 Km (300 miles in old money?)... This is based on my taking a note of the kWh/100 km reading when finishing a journey. As yet we have never gone below 10% on the battery, we charge it once a week and go from 20-80%, only going up to 100% if we have a longer journey coming up. On the autoroute cruising at 120 km/h (typically) I reckon the range drops to 400 km, so about 250 miles..This is based on runs to Bordeaux airport (200 Km each way) in the hot summer (35c plus) with air con running hard..but of course you get to the airport to collect or drop off your person, you have to pay to park and there’s a row of free charging points, so you get some 7.2Kw top up. In April we did a trip to Orleans (see video on Kia e-Niro diaries channel)..it was cold, raining and into a headwind all the way. On leaving it said we have 480km range on 100% charge..The distance to Orleans from here is 280 km...but on arriving at the hotel we had less than 100 km of range left...all motorway driving. So, I reckon in the winter we will get a bit less than that on long journeys with fast roads. Thanks for a really useful posting, it really is a shame that both Hyundai and Kia can't deliver these cars. My Kia dealer in Niort says they on had 3,500 e-Niros for the entire French market this year and he is already sold his allocation for 2020.

Yep its diabolical manufacturers of family type cars do not provide as standard proper or get me home spare wheels or at least as an optional extra (can understand it on a 2 seater Ferrari or Lambo etc)...the inflator kits are, like you say, useless for alot of puncture types....I have an MG ZS EV on order and will be specifying the get you home spare wheel as an option (£163) .

So if anyone drives a Kona, considering Sarah trust in the system would be just like my wife, do you get visual feedback on that the car 'see's like some other cars??

I looked at both this and the new model year Niro yesterday. The interior of the Kona just seems comically bad to me, whereas the Niro is just absolutely fantastic in both fit and finish. Which really shouldn't be the case, considering it's 400,000kr (40,000£). I liked the HUD, but that's it. The infotainment system is rubbish.

How much it cost

Adaptive cruise control for the first time...on a wet motorway! Is that any way to treat your wife?

I’m not saying the range is exactly the same, (254mi) but the Model 3 Standard Plus, is currently £38,500, (which i can’t afford). But Hyundai have just given Oct 2019+ prices of the Kona Electric: £35,100 Premium, inc. PICG £37,450 Premium SE, inc. PICG As the latter has a list of £40,950, the car will be subject to VED. Free for first year, then £320 per yr. for 5yrs. Effectively adding an additional £1,600 to the price tag. But be careful about what you’d like extra on the Premium. If the added extras raise the base price to £40k exc. if the PICG, you’ll still be paying VED.

It's like 40k though 😭

OMG so funny

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Tesla model 3 standard range plus.... about the same price .... why would you choose this Kona... Hyundai supercharger network?

Never use cruise control in wet weather!

We have a leaf and a Niro it makes you think how is it the Niro does roughly around predicted miles and the leaf is miles away forgive my pun but seriously kona or Niro have everything except availability I can afford a Tesla and waiting time not much but reliability plus repairing is questionable heard too many bad things if in warranty there great . Hyundai and Kia is rumoured to be stepping up production .

Jeez, now I know why you’ve lost your hair mate 😬

I've had powerful FWD cars, I'm not really a fan. 2 lotus rwd , they stuck like shit to a blanket. 2 Subaru's awd. Lotus cars are special, just ignore those, as they are not really normal cars . But the subbies wrx, legacy/liberty (Australia). I would sooner go model 3 red sr+ or awd. FWD , really Honda jazz , great perfect. Huge torque NO. Tesla know what an ev should be, if you want an ev go Tesla, they know what to do with all that torque and it's nothing to do with FWD. option