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Well the cars still making me smile, and more than living up to expectations. %k miles in just under 2 months!
So, whats the verdict…
No range anxiety, EVER, I was initially charging at every opportunity, and trying to keep the battery as full as possible, but I don’t worry anymore. Charging on a 50kw DC charger, I get around 1% charge per minute on average, so 20-80% in around an hour max, 80-100% takes around another 90 minutes, and just not worth it.
I have been tracking costs closely, and one thing I didn’t appreciate was the loss in charge that you get from charging, getting 10kW out of a charger doesn’t mean that’s what gets stored in the battery, it’s working out at around 8% lost in the process. The cars onboard displays tell me that over 5k, I’ve averaged 4.5 miles/kW, but the amount of energy I’ve put into the car actually comes out at 4.14 miles/kW.
That said, it’s still ridiculously cheap, running costs so far are:
4975 miles driven and 256 left in the battery
Cost per mile 1.98p
Total fuel bill £103.60
The summer seems to be here at last too and the economy of the Kona seems to be really kicking in, 4.7miles/kW gives 300 mile range, 5.3 is 339 miles.
Still wish the car remembered the last settings you chose, there was a better clunk when shutting the doors and Apple Car play was wireless (It is in the current version), but other than that, the car is exceptional, I just hope there is something available on the scheme to at least match it in 3 years time!
Previous Motability Cars
2006 - 2009 Skoda Superb VR6 2.0tdi
2009 - 2012 Citroen C5 2.0tdi VTR Nav
2012 - 2015 Nissan Qashqai 1.5dci tekna
2015 - 2018 Ford Kuga 2.0tdi Titanium X
2018 - 2021 BMW 220d X drive 2 Series Active Luxury
2021 - 2023 Hyundai Kona Electric Premium SE
2023 - Hyundai Kona Electric Ultimate
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A lot of people have fitted sound proofing panels to the inside door panels to give that satisfying sound. Maybe ask next service for the garage to do it and pay exra if you don’t fancy doing it yourself.
Nice really great stats. I’ve just done my first longer journey in the MG 64 miles today & avg 4miles/kwh which I’m happy about still plenty of juice left for the return journey too.
5p/kWh on Go too.
Nice write up Intranicity.Crikey your really banging the miles in lol.I’m currently doing about 350 miles per month at the moment so I reckon that would be just about 2 juice top ups a month as I intend to always keep between 20 to 80 per cent in the batteries.Still got 27 days until I can order and still fearing the price of the ultimate will bump up before then.Saying that,I don’t want to arrange test drive or even sit in one so I can still console myself that it may not suit my requirements if the price goes beyond my reach.
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