The Hyundai KONA Electric was a significant car for the Australian EV market. It was the first all-electric SUV from Hyundai sold here, and it arrived with a credible real-world range that moved the conversation past the anxiety of whether you would make it home. For the buyer watching the EV space in 2019, the KONA Electric made that space suddenly more accessible.
Jenny reviewed the KONA Electric and found it more convincing in everyday driving than the era's EV debates would suggest. It charges overnight on a home wallbox without drama, the driving dynamics are pleasant in the way that EVs with instant torque tend to be, and the sub-compact SUV body is genuinely practical for city and inner-suburb life. The technology features in the trim tested were well-resolved for the time.
The KONA Electric is for the buyer who was ready to switch to electric but needed something that felt like a normal car rather than an experiment. In 2019, that was a short list. The KONA Electric sat near the top of it for buyers who needed SUV practicality at a price closer to the mainstream than alternatives offered.
The full review is on the CarTell.tv YouTube channel above.
