Set Auto Hold always on

No, and note there are consequential conditions around using it. Just try backing up in Auto Hold with the driver's door ajar.
There's little doubt the default off is intended to discourage you from becoming complacent about the lack of creep.

 

Also, from experience, try going through a carwash with auto hold engaged... Let me tell ya it really makes you look like a noob. Apparently even when shifting into neutral, auto hold still engages the parking break... Who knew ☺️. Lol!

 

That was my first reaction too, until I realized that while useful in some situations, like long waits at stoplights, it robs you of the very useful default creep of the car, which you now have to initiate with the accelerator.

 

I am 99% certain that Auto Hold uses the actual disk brakes to hold position. You can hear the groan when releasing on a downhill. Left-paddle-hold does it electrically using the positional feedback on the motor.

 

I don't think the Kona would let that situation happen. The EPB (parking brake) will engage automatically in certain situations, that's one.

For stop and go traffic try Smart Cruise.

 

As I read it, the EPB is applied automatically in certain circumstances only if the car has been brought to a stop with the paddle, and always when the car is turned off with Auto Hold engaged.

 

The first item is what I'm referring to:

 

Thanks for pointing that out. The info about EPB is scattered and I didn't look far enough.

This is from the US manual under One Pedal Driving:



And then later under Electronic Parking brake: