2024 Kona Electric: Hyundai’s cheapest electric car in Australia

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Update 05/04/2023

Further details for the Kona EV successful Australia person been released:

Configuration	Extended Range Model (64.8 kWh)	Standard Range exemplary (48.6 kWh)
AER	EPA-estimated 419 km	EPA-estimated 317 km
Motor	150kW / 255 Nm	99kW / 255 Nm

The electrical Hyundai Kona volition beryllium connected merchantability successful Australia from Q4 2023 and portion the exemplary line-up is not yet afloat confirmed for our market, CarExpert believes that the Kona EV volition beryllium offered successful two-trim grades with an enactment battalion (technology battalion for the top-spec)

The modular and long-range artillery models volition some beryllium offered and each Australian-delivered vehicles for the caller Kona (ICE, HEV & EV) volition beryllium sourced from South Korea and are built connected the K3 level shared with the existent CN7 i30 Sedan (Elantra).

Those waiting for a hotted-up N enactment mentation of the electrical Kona volition person to hold a small longer, with nary authoritative timing of that vehicle’s merchandise for now.

Hyundai has elaborate the specifications of its new-generation Kona Electric up of an Australian motorboat successful the fourth 4th of 2023.

Unlike the outgoing model, this caller Kona Electric volition beryllium disposable with a sporty-looking N Line version, positive an Eco package. There volition besides beryllium N Line versions of the petrol and hybrid models.

The second-generation Hyundai Kona Electric volition land a fewer months after the 1.6-litre turbo and 2.0-litre people aspirated petrol-powered versions owed mid-year.

The Kona Electric will, however, interaction down astir the aforesaid clip arsenic the caller Kona petrol-electric hybrid – to beryllium offered successful Australia for the archetypal clip aft missing the chopped successful its archetypal generation.

This caller Kona Electric volition beryllium disposable successful 2 antithetic artillery configurations, conscionable similar the outgoing model.

Per European specifications, the Kona Electric Standard Range is powered by a single electrical motor producing 115kW of powerfulness and 255Nm of torque with a 48.4kWh battery.

This artillery is astir 9.0kWh larger than the outgoing Kona Electric Standard Range, with the electrical centrifugal producing 15kW much and 140Nm less.

A claimed scope fig hasn’t been provided for the caller Kona Electric Standard Range frankincense acold but the outgoing exemplary had a WLTP fig of 305km.

The Kona Electric Long Range connected the different manus besides has a single electrical motor that produces 160kW and 255Nm of torque with a 65.4kWh battery.

Maximum driving scope is claimed to beryllium over 490km per WLTP testing.

The full scope is inactive based connected a 400V electrical architecture with charging from 10 per cent to 80 per cent claimed to instrumentality 41 minutes with a accelerated charger.

Like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6, the caller Kona Electric has vehicle-to-load (V2L) capableness some wrong and out.

The interior V2L larboard is connected the rear centre console and tin lone utilized erstwhile the car is powered on, whereas the exterior V2L larboard is successful the charging larboard and tin beryllium utilized erstwhile parked. The second of these requires an adaptor.

The caller Kona Electric has the company’s i-Pedal one-pedal driving function, alleged electronic-Active Sound Design (e-ASD) and artillery preconditioning.

In presumption of exterior dimensions, the caller Kona Electric measures successful astatine 4355mm long, 1825mm wide, and 1575mm tall, with a 2660mm wheelbase. The N Line mentation is somewhat longer astatine 4385mm.

Compared to the outgoing exemplary this is up to 175mm longer, 25mm wider, and 20mm taller, with a 60mm longer wheelbase.

Boot abstraction is claimed to beryllium up to 466 litres according to VDA standards, which is 134 litres much than the outgoing model. Folding the seats down expands the footwear abstraction to 723 litres. There’s besides a frunk that’s 27 litres.

The caller Kona Electric has a resistance coefficient of 0.27 and is differentiated by its progressive aerial flaps and alleged ‘Pixelated Seamless Horizon Lamps’.

All N Line versions (petrol, hybrid and electric) boast much assertive beforehand and rear designs, achromatic mirrors, a spoiler, metallic broadside skirts, duplicate exhausts and an optional achromatic roof. Although Hyundai didn’t bespeak this, it’s highly improbable the Kona Electric N Line volition person duplicate exhausts.

Inside determination are 2 12.3-inch screens for the integer instrumentality clump and cardinal touchscreen, arsenic good arsenic a 12-inch head-up display.

Other modular features see a powered tailgate, LED headlights, beforehand relaxation seats, interior ambient lighting, Digital Key 2 Touch, and an eight-speaker Bose dependable system.

In presumption of information instrumentality the Kona Electric is afloat loaded. It has the pursuing features: