Featured The Life Altering Magic of the Kona EV

Well, they're starting to build a Gigafactory there too...

Elon Musk breaks ground on Tesla China Gigafactory - CNN

 

dodgy territory, i hope it doesn't come back to haunt them

 

I figure the $35k Model 3 will be imported from China.

Bob Wilson

 

Very possible, with the Chinese government owning 51%

 

The weakness of traction battery supply is why VW designed flexibility for type of battery into their new BEV platform.

 

Tesla owns the Gigafactory 3 in China wholly. China doesn't even own 1%. First foreign company ever to have that deal.

 

i hope it stays that way...

 

As the most current Kona thread, I'm just going to stick this here.

A local dealer has four listed on their site, so they aren't West Coast only.
New Hyundai Models Doylestown PA | Fred Beans

 

now you've got me searching

car guru's is showing 12 in eastern ma

 

19 cubic feet cargo area as opposed to the 36 my v has. I use that area at least once a week. Trash to the recycle place, golf clubs, grocery run.

 

Surprising, it looks bigger in the pic.
What is the Prius lift back?

 

I don’t have any numbers here, but have seen and test driven the Kona EV. Nice vehicle, but you will lose significant real cargo space compared to your Plug-in Prius if that is important to you.

The Niro has nice cargo space. Did not see the EV, but was told it was the same as the ICE I did look through.

 

I've noticed they take the pictures with short people standing by it.
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Thanks! I guess it’s the niro I’m looking for.
But at 35-45k, one has to wonder about the added value of superchargers, unless hunday has to
Drop their pants at some point

 

That would be perfect for me, I have to get a stool to wash the prius

 

The Kona is the smallest SUV of the line up; same size segment as the C-HR. The Prius is 16 inches longer than it.

The Prime has a little more cargo volume than the Kona; 19.8 to 19.2 cubic feet.

Hyundai lists the ICE and EV has having the same volume on their site.

 

why do you suppose they brought the smaller car here first?

 

Cost, bigger car needs bigger batteries, which then could run into supply limits quicker.
The Kona is roughly in the same size range as the Bolt, Leaf, and Niro EV.

 

kona and niro are same size? what do you make of post #32?

 

I was only looking at the cargo volume with the Prius v comparison. Their manufacturer listed volume space is 19+cu.ft.(Kia's site posts the EPA and a SAE value. Those are for the seats up. The Niro is much roomier than the Kona. For the hybrid, the PHEV has a SAE passenger value between the hybrid and the Kona. The EV isn't up on Kia's site yet.

In terms of total volume, the list starting at smallest is(@cu.ft.); Bolt(111), Kona(113), and Leaf(116).
Looks like the Niro EV loses more space than the PHEV, but will be just under the Leaf with 115.
2019 Kia Niro EV Specifications