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Our very first EV was a 2021 Nissan Leaf SL plus 64 kWh that my grandpa leased, also in June 2021! We turned that in back in may, and he now has a 2023 EV6 Wind AWD after he saw how much my parents liked theirs. Thanks for the review!
I had the same Kona 64 kw basic model for 4 years and 65000 km, 0 problems. It's a great car but with 2 children it was too small for us. We changed a year ago for the Ioniq 5 77 kw partly because of your videos. Greetings from the north of Spain.
Have had the 2020 Kona 64kwh premium for 2 years (with bluelink) and have been so happy with it! Perfect commuter! Main reason for changing is awd (snow during winter). Hope to get the 2025 Ioniq 5 in 1-2 weeks (Norway).
We still have a 2020 Soul EV limited just over 100K KM, it worked as a road tripper, even with 77KW charging to 63%, then it drops to 54KW till about 73%, so most of our road trips usually over 2700KM the charging speed was not an issue as charging only happen ever 2 to 2-1/2 hours where we need to stop to eat or go to the bathroom . Now with my Tesla model Y long Range AWD we have little time to go for bathroom break and eat!
We just bought out the 3 year lease on our '21, we like the car that much. Right now we're getting a max range of about 330 miles and 5+ miles/kWh, the best yet. One downside to buying out a lease, it requires spending hours at the DMV because a new registration is required, including new plates and title. Nobody warned us about that aspect of the end of lease process. A couple of observations, in comparison with this video: Ours is the Ultimate, comes with adaptive cruise and sunroof. Like the basic, the road noise on the highway is high. While not as roomy as the I5, I find the driver's seat quite comfortable for my 6'2" body. Forget about the back seats, they're not designed for the human species. As to spinning the front wheels, we don't find that to be an issue at all, even in Sport mode, maybe we've just adjusted out driving techniques, and we don't skimp on acceleration when desired. Agreed that fast charging is not up to snuff for a road trip, so we use the I5 for that.
Great to see this has been a good reliable car! It's also good to see how much Hyundai has improved their EVs in a relatively short time. Very proud of the South Koreans and Hyundai for what they are contributing to the EV world!!
I'm in California and have been looking into buying one of these used - figured with the tax credit and some additional local incentives I can get a good deal and hopefully upgrade to a better EV in a few years. Glad to see it's reliable, that's really all I need from a car, especially coming from a 2001 VW Passat that is about to die. The smallish trunk bothered me more than the backseat, which seems big enough to at least fit my daughter. I tried out a Chevy Bolt EUV too and this seemed way more comfortable. The one thing is that I haven't seen deals as good as what you put up - at least around here most dealerships are advertising the prices "with the tax credit included", so they'll list it at around $18K but their "sales price" is actually $22K. Carvana doesn't do that but then their prices are higher. One other thing I saw that seems like a great deal is that it looks like Hyundai's Certified Pre-Owned EVs get a fresh warranty on the battery pack, so you're getting the full 10 years/100K miles on it again, rather then just whatever is left from the original warranty. But I've had no luck finding a Hyundai dealership that sells CPO EVs AND does the tax credit, which is baffling.
I really like what the 2024 Kona EV has to offer, and would highly recommend it. In my case, however, I wanted AWD, which it doesn't have, so… it was an Ioniq 5 for me.
Bought this 2021 SEL from carvana last week. Got the 4K fed credit as well.....seems to be a good basic commuter car. Battery depletes quickly when outside temp is 95F plus
Had our 2020 Kona EV for over 2.5 years and 78,000km. Great range, little interior room, had tons of problems in the first year, relatively slow DC charging. Upgraded to Ioniq 5 and subsequently to a GV60, much better EVs.
No heat pump for the US, but these appear to have lots of issues with the LG batteries. Was going to buy one, but one user said his battery was replaced, but then couldn't charge via ac, which the fix was another battery replacement. Which is probably why Hyundai ditched LG altogether. But they can't swap LG for SKI in theirs for whatever reason. Hyundai though probably messed up on the BMS though.
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I had this car also for three years. I Was really satisfied with the Kona 64 kwh.Very efficient, cheap und handy with a big range.
Our very first EV was a 2021 Nissan Leaf SL plus 64 kWh that my grandpa leased, also in June 2021!
We turned that in back in may, and he now has a 2023 EV6 Wind AWD after he saw how much my parents liked theirs.
Thanks for the review!
I had the same Kona 64 kw basic model for 4 years and 65000 km, 0 problems. It's a great car but with 2 children it was too small for us. We changed a year ago for the Ioniq 5 77 kw partly because of your videos. Greetings from the north of Spain.
Cheers!
Have had the 2020 Kona 64kwh premium for 2 years (with bluelink) and have been so happy with it! Perfect commuter! Main reason for changing is awd (snow during winter). Hope to get the 2025 Ioniq 5 in 1-2 weeks (Norway).
More base model (affordable) EVs please!
We still have a 2020 Soul EV limited just over 100K KM, it worked as a road tripper, even with 77KW charging to 63%, then it drops to 54KW till about 73%, so most of our road trips usually over 2700KM the charging speed was not an issue as charging only happen ever 2 to 2-1/2 hours where we need to stop to eat or go to the bathroom . Now with my Tesla model Y long Range AWD we have little time to go for bathroom break and eat!
We had one before our Ioniq 6 and EV6 great little car. Emphasis on LITTLE..it's a two seater for larger adults
We just bought out the 3 year lease on our '21, we like the car that much. Right now we're getting a max range of about 330 miles and 5+ miles/kWh, the best yet. One downside to buying out a lease, it requires spending hours at the DMV because a new registration is required, including new plates and title. Nobody warned us about that aspect of the end of lease process.
A couple of observations, in comparison with this video: Ours is the Ultimate, comes with adaptive cruise and sunroof. Like the basic, the road noise on the highway is high. While not as roomy as the I5, I find the driver's seat quite comfortable for my 6'2" body. Forget about the back seats, they're not designed for the human species. As to spinning the front wheels, we don't find that to be an issue at all, even in Sport mode, maybe we've just adjusted out driving techniques, and we don't skimp on acceleration when desired. Agreed that fast charging is not up to snuff for a road trip, so we use the I5 for that.
I started my 2 year lease on a 2024 Ioniq 5 last Friday 😀
Great to see this has been a good reliable car! It's also good to see how much Hyundai has improved their EVs in a relatively short time. Very proud of the South Koreans and Hyundai for what they are contributing to the EV world!!
I'm in California and have been looking into buying one of these used - figured with the tax credit and some additional local incentives I can get a good deal and hopefully upgrade to a better EV in a few years. Glad to see it's reliable, that's really all I need from a car, especially coming from a 2001 VW Passat that is about to die. The smallish trunk bothered me more than the backseat, which seems big enough to at least fit my daughter. I tried out a Chevy Bolt EUV too and this seemed way more comfortable. The one thing is that I haven't seen deals as good as what you put up - at least around here most dealerships are advertising the prices "with the tax credit included", so they'll list it at around $18K but their "sales price" is actually $22K. Carvana doesn't do that but then their prices are higher. One other thing I saw that seems like a great deal is that it looks like Hyundai's Certified Pre-Owned EVs get a fresh warranty on the battery pack, so you're getting the full 10 years/100K miles on it again, rather then just whatever is left from the original warranty. But I've had no luck finding a Hyundai dealership that sells CPO EVs AND does the tax credit, which is baffling.
I really like what the 2024 Kona EV has to offer, and would highly recommend it. In my case, however, I wanted AWD, which it doesn't have, so… it was an Ioniq 5 for me.
Bought this 2021 SEL from carvana last week. Got the 4K fed credit as well.....seems to be a good basic commuter car. Battery depletes quickly when outside temp is 95F plus
Our Niro EV is completely quiet on the highway, I guess it’s better insulated than sister Kona.
Had our 2020 Kona EV for over 2.5 years and 78,000km. Great range, little interior room, had tons of problems in the first year, relatively slow DC charging. Upgraded to Ioniq 5 and subsequently to a GV60, much better EVs.
No heat pump for the US, but these appear to have lots of issues with the LG batteries. Was going to buy one, but one user said his battery was replaced, but then couldn't charge via ac, which the fix was another battery replacement.
Which is probably why Hyundai ditched LG altogether. But they can't swap LG for SKI in theirs for whatever reason.
Hyundai though probably messed up on the BMS though.
The unbalanced front tyre traction/chirping tyres/ issue has been 'sorted' in the new ones
Old tires of course make much more noise
We love ours. We're average 5.8 mi /KWh.
Too small