What Else is Missing from the US Version of Kona Electric

Passenger electric seat adjustment is missing everywhere. The one I wish it had is memory profiles for the driver seat and mirrors. I had that in a car back in the early 90s!! Can't believe that today all cars don't have that.

 

Mirrors are not folding on US version.

 

Yes, when you lock the car they fold in. I think it's called welcome mirrors, or so.

 

Agree. I had a kia forte5 with folding mirrors before my kona ev and really liked it. Especially coming in to my garage. Hope they include that in future ev’s.


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Dual climate controls would be nice.

My wife now knows to turn off the "driver-only" climate thing when she gets in the car.

 

We have passenger elec seats in our 2020 UK spec "Premium SE" - so not missing everywhere!

 

With the good mileage I think I'd only switch onto driver only in Winter time when driving alone. The rest of the time it feels like a waste of energy pressing the button.

 

I wish the UK/Euro spec had sunroof. Oh, how much would I like that. It would have been a deal breaker between models.

 

With mirrors that automatically fold on locking the car, there is an additional checkbox option for "welcome mirrors" which is where they open whenever the key is within proximity. Not too sensible if you walk past your car a lot with key in pocket, say if it's in a garage.

I would love a sunroof but Kiwis still think they all leak.

 

Front camera and proximity sensors like the rear camera.

 

You got it mate! But I'm keeping the heat pump ...

 

Yeah, but what you call passenger we call driver...

 

I think the European version now comes with a standard 11kW onboard charger, much better than the 7.2kW version in the US kona.

 

That won't make difference with domestic charging unless you have a 3-phase supply. On single phase you still get 7.4 kW at 32 amps. It's purely for certain countries that limit domestic circuits to 16 amps each but have 3-ph.