by Dax » 01 May 2019, 16:52
Bongalong wrote:DonDeeHippy wrote:Dax wrote:Drove a Hyundai kona yesterday, have to admit it's better than the other ev's have driven and seems way better than the tesla for the price, which was quoted at $49990 drive away. Comes with an 8 year unlimited warranty and is so easy to drive, only problem is not much room for the dogs, 3 won't fit in the back but 2 will. So ordered one and will get it in 4 weeks, will be able to drive to Hobart and back without charging. Acceleration is amazing, so quiet smooth and hit 110kloms on the freeway in a flash, passing other cars is so fast they don't realise it until you are past them. The acceleration and regenerative braking is smoother than the tesla and didn't need to use the brakes except coming to a full stop. The bloke they sent with me almost freaked out when I decided to overtake and hit the accelerator to hard, unlike my cruisers, it almost threw him into the back seat, so to speak and took me by surprise. It has an economical driving condition, which means you drive it in such a way to get the longest distance and at 100klms, they say equates to about 425klms and more if it is mostly flat.
Awsome Dax
Amazing, yeh : but Tassie is far from flat so an update would also be a surefire talking point for many moons to come 
* 8 years sounds like an excellent guarantee for something very new to market... I mean, how much fuel can you guarantee on budgeting in savings in 8 years? (...and then the thought becomes that things can only get better)
I'd say it would depend on how you drive as to how far you can go and from just that 30min drive, it will take time until you work out how to get the best results, big hills have an up and down side, so driven properly you may be able to regenerate close to 50% of the energy used up hill going down hill. It will certainly be a learning curve and looking forward to the challenge
As I drive my current vehicles on seed oils, my savings in fuel run into thousands a year and just for my cruiser, which does over 30000 klms at a conservative 7kpl that's over $4700 a year, On long runs I get 9kpl, but the averaged would be 7 as sometimes when I'm, pushing it, it only gets 6kpl.
You also get the first service for free with the Kona and according to the salesman, you should only need a service if something goes wrong and that's covered by warranty. he said they expect to do a service after 10000klma to make sure everything is ok and then according to the factory, no service is needed after that for at least another 6 years, No oil or filter changes, it has a cool gear system, just push a button for drive, reverse, park and neutral. No gears just smooth instant unbelievable power for a small car, can't wait to line up at lights with some hoon in their big v8 grunters waiting to beat everyone and leave them sitting.
[quote="Bongalong"][quote="DonDeeHippy"][quote="Dax"]Drove a Hyundai kona yesterday, have to admit it's better than the other ev's have driven and seems way better than the tesla for the price, which was quoted at $49990 drive away. Comes with an 8 year unlimited warranty and is so easy to drive, only problem is not much room for the dogs, 3 won't fit in the back but 2 will. So ordered one and will get it in 4 weeks, will be able to drive to Hobart and back without charging. Acceleration is amazing, so quiet smooth and hit 110kloms on the freeway in a flash, passing other cars is so fast they don't realise it until you are past them. The acceleration and regenerative braking is smoother than the tesla and didn't need to use the brakes except coming to a full stop. The bloke they sent with me almost freaked out when I decided to overtake and hit the accelerator to hard, unlike my cruisers, it almost threw him into the back seat, so to speak and took me by surprise. It has an economical driving condition, which means you drive it in such a way to get the longest distance and at 100klms, they say equates to about 425klms and more if it is mostly flat.[/quote]
Awsome Dax[/quote]
[b][color=#FF0000]Amazing, yeh : but Tassie is far from flat so an update would also be a surefire talking point for many moons to come :bike :bike :bike :bike
* 8 years sounds like an excellent guarantee for something very new to market... I mean, how much fuel can you guarantee on budgeting in savings in 8 years? (...and then the thought becomes that things can only get better)[/color][/b][/quote]
I'd say it would depend on how you drive as to how far you can go and from just that 30min drive, it will take time until you work out how to get the best results, big hills have an up and down side, so driven properly you may be able to regenerate close to 50% of the energy used up hill going down hill. It will certainly be a learning curve and looking forward to the challenge
As I drive my current vehicles on seed oils, my savings in fuel run into thousands a year and just for my cruiser, which does over 30000 klms at a conservative 7kpl that's over $4700 a year, On long runs I get 9kpl, but the averaged would be 7 as sometimes when I'm, pushing it, it only gets 6kpl.
You also get the first service for free with the Kona and according to the salesman, you should only need a service if something goes wrong and that's covered by warranty. he said they expect to do a service after 10000klma to make sure everything is ok and then according to the factory, no service is needed after that for at least another 6 years, No oil or filter changes, it has a cool gear system, just push a button for drive, reverse, park and neutral. No gears just smooth instant unbelievable power for a small car, can't wait to line up at lights with some hoon in their big v8 grunters waiting to beat everyone and leave them sitting. :rofl
