So you can buy a model 3 with access to the super charger network for the same price as a Hyundai LOL!
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 25, 2019, at 4:50 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a26425957/2019-chevrolet-bolt-ev-vs-2019-hyundai-kona-electric/ > 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV and 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Battle To Find the > Best Alternative to the Tesla Model 3 > Feb 20, 2019 Jeff Sabatini > > [images > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-chevrolet-bolt-and-2019-hyundai-kona-electric-comparison-101-1550687261.jpg > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-chevrolet-bolt-and-2019-hyundai-kona-electric-comparison-103-1550687254.jpg > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-chevrolet-bolt-and-2019-hyundai-kona-electric-comparison-102-1550687259.jpg > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-chevrolet-bolt-comparison-101-1550686939.jpg > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-chevrolet-bolt-comparison-103-1550686956.jpg > > https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g26428740/2019-chevrolet-bolt-ev-vs-2019-hyundai-kona-electric-gallery/?slide=4 > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-hyundai-kona-electric-comparison-101-1550686868.jpg > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-hyundai-kona-electric-comparison-112-1550686876.jpg > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2019-hyundai-kona-electric-comparison-104-1550686838.jpg > Car and DriverJessica Lynn Walker > ] > > But wait. Maybe don't cancel that Tesla Model 3 reservation just yet. > > Tesla didn't attract nearly half a million reservations for the Model 3 > because electric vehicles are lame. Quite the contrary: Instant torque, > one-pedal driving, and minimal running costs mean EVs should appeal to even > ardent fans of internal combustion. Yet Tesla hasn't closed a significant > number of those sales, with many would-be buyers presumably unwilling or > unable to spend $45,000 or more for the Model 3 as it is currently offered. > With no sign of the promised $35,000 version and Tesla's federal tax credit > winding down, perhaps it's time to consider other options. > > You won't get Tesla's luxury cachet in the alternatives, which come from > mass-market carmakers, ones that sell on price. You won't get much choice, > either. Currently there are just two EVs that sticker below $40,000 and > boast battery packs large enough to allow driving in excess of 200 miles on > a charge, although a third will go on sale soon. The Hyundai Kona Electric > arrived early this year and, alongside its gas-powered variants, made our > 2019 10Best Trucks and SUVs list. Its starting price of $37,495 matches the > Chevrolet Bolt EV's, which was a 10Best car in 2017 before it had any > competition. Nissan's Leaf Plus will go on sale shortly, with a more > powerful, 215-hp electric motor and a larger, 62.0-kWh battery pack than the > standard Leaf carries, allowing it to stretch its range another 76 miles, to > 226. Unfortunately, Nissan announced the new model as we were conducting > this test. > > The Bolt has changed little since its introduction for the 2017 model year. > It pairs a 200-hp motor with a 60.0-kWh lithium-ion battery pack to deliver > an EPA-rated 238 miles of range. Our test car was a top-of-the-line Premier, > which starts at $41,895, a price inflated by extra chrome, fancier wheels, > and heated leather front and rear-outboard seats, among other niceties. > Optional equipment—including the crucial $750 DC-fast-charging option, some > active safety tech, and upgraded infotainment—added $2125, bringing the cost > to an almost Tesla-like $44,130. And although you can still buy a Bolt and > receive the maximum $7500 federal tax credit for purchasing a new EV, that > amount gets cut in half starting April 1. > > Much like the Bolt EV, the Kona Electric uses a 201-hp motor to power its > front wheels, although Hyundai's unit makes an extra 24 pound-feet of > torque, for a total of 290. Its battery pack is larger, at 64.0 > kilowatt-hours, which gives the Kona an EPA range of 258 miles. Hyundai has > sold few electric vehicles in the U.S. to date, which means tax credits for > its vehicles won't be drying up anytime soon. In fact, supplies of the Kona > Electric are likely to be limited for the foreseeable future. As of this > writing, it's available only in California, though Hyundai says it plans to > begin distribution in Oregon and other CARB-compliant states in the future. > > Our Kona Electric was a range-topping Ultimate model, which came with every > bell and whistle, including a few not found on the Bolt, for an estimated > $44,000. Notably standard on the Hyundai is DC fast charging, which brings > us to the elephant that accompanied us on our trip: charging. While this > drive up the California coast was principally a test of two vehicles, it was > also a chance to come to grips with the patchwork charging infrastructure > that owners of non-Teslas must use. > > So let's start there. Third prize is you're fired, which is what should > happen to dealership employees who park service vehicles such that they > block access to public charging stations. Twice on our trip when we pulled > out our smartphones to search for paid public chargers, suitable nearby > locations turned up at car dealerships that sell EVs but that did not seem > to care whether customers could actually pull up to recharge them. The irony > of this negligence in the face of Tesla's secondary crusade, the one against > car dealers, was not lost on us. We also encountered another dealership that > had its fast charger programmed to shut off after pumping just 20.0 > kilowatts of electricity, which is like a gas station that will only let you > fill up five gallons at a time. > > In four days spent driving between Santa Monica and San Luis Obispo and out > to our test track near Lancaster, keeping the cars juiced proved > frustrating. A fast charger showed available when we plugged its coordinates > into the nav system but was already claimed once we arrived. A 240-volt > charger didn't have enough amperage to max out the 7.2-kW onboard charging > capacity of our vehicles. Chargers were sometimes hard to find, like one > public charger in a private, valet-only lot, with an unhelpful attendant who > gave us the stink eye when we plugged in. > > One more thing: Tesla Supercharger stations are actually stations, with > multiple plugs to charge more than one car at a time, located in well-marked > and accessible areas. Most of the fast-charging "stations" we used were > single plugs in the back of parking lots. If our experience is any > indication, the public charging network might be the biggest drawback to > buying a non-Tesla EV. > > 2nd Place: > Chevrolet Bolt EV > > Highs: Roomy, comfortable ride. > Lows: Lesser range, tippy handling, tall hatchback styling not to everyone's > taste. > Verdict: Groundbreaking a few years ago; now merely competitive. > > The set of steak knives goes to the Chevy for multiple reasons, but none so > important as—you guessed it—its inferior range. Although EPA estimates for > the Bolt EV and Kona Electric give the latter only a 20-mile advantage, > during our 600-mile drive, we consistently saw the Hyundai showing an extra > 50 miles in its electron tank. Which meant the Bolt took the blame for more > frequent stopping and standing around waiting on charging, which we will now > stop complaining about for the rest of this story. > > It did give us plenty of time to compare and contrast the looks of the > dorky, upright Bolt and the short, squashed-looking Kona. "Like Bert and > Ernie," quipped technical editor David Beard. Neither vehicle is going to > win any design awards, but the Bolt looks like a cheap econobox hatchback > while the Kona looks like a cheap econobox crossover. Beauty is in the eye > of the beholder and all that, but right now the market prefers the latter. > So do we. > > Inside, the Bolt fares better than the Kona, with a two-tone cabin finish > that aspires to more than just commodity-car status. The Kona offers the > standard Hyundai treatment, which means nice plastic and all, but nothing > special, save for a poorly designed array of shifter push-buttons. The > buttons themselves look like they were repurposed from the Genesis side of > the business, where they were probably used for something that should be > controlled by buttons. The Bolt isn't any better here, relying on GM's new > shift-by-wire joystick that tears up 50 years of PRNDL convention for no > good reason. > > The two vehicles have nearly identical footprints, but the Bolt has a > narrower track and a higher roof. It feels less planted in turns, with more > body lean, although its steering is so dead that the first sign you're > losing grip is the stability-control light flashing in the dashboard. > > The Bolt does deliver a more plush ride than the Kona Electric, with a > softer suspension tune that's better at absorbing impacts. But overall > comfort in the Chevy is limited by front seats that are too narrow; they > also force such a high seating position that we can't imagine any driver > wanting to raise the manually adjustable seat (the Hyundai's is powered) > from its lowest position. Even our two vertically challenged, sub-six-foot > drivers felt like gorillas on bar stools behind the wheel of the Bolt. It's > as if Chevrolet engineers, realizing late in development that their electric > car should have been a crossover, decided to give the little car the seating > position of one. Maybe this is why our Bolt didn't have a sunroof, either. > > The most disappointing thing about the Bolt is that even though it was > developed as a dedicated EV that does not share its mechanicals with an > internal-combustion vehicle, it still seems compromised compared with the > Kona. Such is the pace of electric-vehicle development. > > 1st Place: > Hyundai Kona Electric > > Highs: Fun to drive, excellent infotainment system, efficient. > Lows: Limited availability, ho-hum interior. > Verdict: The current best of the small group of real-world-viable electric > cars. > > When it comes to cars with internal-combustion engines, the ones that win > C/D comparison tests tend to be those that put up the better numbers. The > Kona Electric did just that. It was a bit quicker at the test track, nipping > the Chevy by a tenth in both zero-to-60-mph acceleration and through the > quarter-mile. On the skidpad, the Kona Electric pulled 0.83 g against the > Bolt's 0.80, although we were unable to hustle the Hyundai through our > slalom quite as fast as we could the Chevy. The Kona was more efficient > during our drive, too, returning 112 MPGe overall, while the Bolt managed > only 101 MPGe. > > But as any good salesman will tell you, numbers only keep the boss off your > back—you still want to enjoy what you're doing every day. In the Kona > Electric, this comes from its adjustable regenerative braking. It allows the > driver to cruise effortlessly on the freeway; with adaptive cruise > (unavailable on the Bolt) and lane-keeping assist activated and the regen > turned down, the ultraquiet Kona floats along like a futurist mobility pod. > Then when the road gets more interesting, go ahead and dial up the regen > level for nearly one-pedal driving that's a decent simulacrum of a Tesla. > The Bolt has a similar system for temporarily increasing the > regenerative-braking force by way of a paddle on the left side of the > steering wheel, but it proved less effective during the twisty, hilly > sections of our route, where it was slow to activate, making the Chevy more > difficult to drive smoothly. > > The Kona Electric is not just better to drive but easier to live with. It is > quieter than the Bolt. It has a lower lift-over height to its rear cargo > hold, which is also larger than the Chevy's. Though the Bolt's back seat is > more capacious, the Kona can still accommodate four adults in reasonable > comfort. Hyundai's infotainment system is superior to GM's, with a more > logical interface and better EV-specific information and controls. Also > credit Hyundai for including DC fast charging as standard on Kona Electrics. > Chevrolet's decision to sell fast charging as an option is puzzling; the > last thing a car company truly committed to electrification should be doing > is creating such confusion for the customer. > > Speaking of which, limited supply from Korea, where Konas are built, means > Hyundai has no plans to sell its EV on dealer lots in the non-CARB-compliant > states, although the company has said that individuals will be able to place > orders for the Kona Electric through their local Hyundai store. Good luck > with that. Some waiting will be involved, so maybe don't cancel that $35,000 > Tesla Model 3 reservation just yet. > [© caranddriver.com] > > > [dated] > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Kona-EV-vs-Bolt-Battle-v-tp4692441.html > EVLN: Kona EV vs Bolt Battle (v) > Chevrolet Bolt EV Battles Hyundai Kona Electric: Video > Jan 07 2019 > > > + > https://insideevs.com/hyundai-cant-ship-kona-electric-crazy-demand/ > Hyundai Can’t Ship You That Promised Kona Electric Due To Crazy Demand > 2019-02-21 As their statement suggests, the delay for some in EV-thirsty > non-ZEV states may not be too long, so there is hope on the horizon for > some. 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