Hyundai Kona EV Review

Hyundai Kona EV Review 

The Hyundai Kona EV Lim­it­ed is a great elec­tric SUV with a 258-mile range and upgrad­ed tech and safe­ty fea­tures. Joe Mau­ro bought his Kona last Octo­ber and while he is still dis­cov­er­ing its fea­tures, he enjoys its smooth and com­fort­able dri­ve. The Kona is front-wheel dri­ve, has heat­ed seats, and allows for a gra­da­tion of the sen­si­tiv­i­ty of safe­ty and con­ve­nience fea­tures, which include for­ward col­li­sion-avoid­ance assist, lane-keep­ing assist, high beam assist, dri­ver atten­tion warn­ing, smart cruise con­trol, blind-spot col­li­sion warn­ing, and rear cross-traf­fic col­li­sion warn­ing. Joe loves its instant accel­er­a­tion and quick response time as well as the regen­er­a­tive brak­ing fea­ture, which can also be adjust­ed between three lev­els of sensitivity. 

Switch­ing from his pre­vi­ous car, a 2017 Volk­swa­gen Tiguan, Joe enjoys the sporty sim­i­lar­i­ties between the two. He test drove a Tes­la and Nis­san LEAF as well but set­tled on the Hyundai Kona EV due to its supe­ri­or Con­sumer Reports review. In addi­tion, by speak­ing with Den­ver Metro Clean Cities team mem­bers, Bon­nie and Steve Trow­bridge, Joe was able to take advan­tage of the $7,500 fed­er­al tax cred­it and the $4,000 (2020) state tax cred­it. 

Charg­ing at home is easy, and Joe relies on his Lev­el 1 charg­er as well as a 4.25 kWh solar pan­el sys­tem to pow­er his car. For the most part, elec­tric­i­ty to charge his Kona EV is free due to his solar pan­els, and Joe is think­ing about upgrad­ing to a Lev­el 2 charg­er for a quick­er charge. He hasn’t used any charg­ing sta­tions out­side of his home yet, but looks for­ward to using the free charg­ing sta­tions around Denver. 

Joe Mauro's Hyundai Kona EV Lim­it­ed with his rooftop solar pan­els behind.

https://youtu.be/jCs5_2xzmOw

Watch a vir­tu­al tour of the Hyundai Kona EV by Alex Zavala at Schomp Hyundai in Auro­ra, CO.