Hyundai puts together an attractive package with its battery-electric Kona: stylish design, thick battery, good infotainment and 480 Kilometers of range.

Anyone who wanted to drive a Hyundai electric car needed one thing above all: patience. A delivery time of one year or more was not uncommon for the electrified models. For many customers that was enough of a deterrent, because in one year a lot can happen in such a dynamic vehicle segment – who would want an “old car” to be put in front of the door as a new car?

Den Hyundai Kona is also available as a combustion engine, the battery-electric version has been produced in Noovice / Czech Republic since March, which means that delivery times are reduced to a few months. The starting price of the city SUV is around 34. 000 Euro for the 100 – kW variant with 40 – kWh battery. We tested the Kona Elektro in the 132 – kW variant with 64 – kWh battery. The premium package brings full connectivity and all assistance functions to the vehicle for 2000 on the price tag of our test vehicle stand so round 50. 000 Euro.

The Kona is with Hyundais 10, 3 inch Infotainment system equipped with touch. The vehicle is connected to the cloud via the BlueLink telematics service. The free app of the same name for iOS and Android is quick to set up and is linked to the vehicle by entering a security code. The app provides information about the vehicle status (remaining range, charging behavior and locking system), is used for remote control (preconditioning, charging management) or helps with route planning including automatic destination transfer to the vehicle’s navigation system.

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