2022 Kona EV - Any More Details?

We also do not get the roof rails and I think I have seen the option of memory adjustable seats.

 

Is it feasible to buy one in Canada and bring it into the U.S., or would that be crazy complicated?

I noted a similar situation with the Niro EV. Canadians get LED headlights with the top trim level. No more LED headlights for the U.S.

 

2022's ICE Konas are starting to show up on dealer lots in the U.S.

There are some new colors - so far I've seen Blue Wave and Fern Green. Looks like Ultra Black is a "continued" color.

 

Arriving at dealers? It's not even configurable on the website yet.

 

One might think the configurator would be up first, but the cars are starting to arrive, at least at some dealers. Again, these are Kona ICE 22's. Have not seen any Kona Electric 22's yet.

 

Oh. I'd presumed you were referring to the EV.

 

Thought you were referring to the EV’s as well


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I've been wondering if the fact that the 2022 Kona EV doesn't seem to appear on the Canadian website means anything. It's on the US and other worldwide sites.

 

The U.S website says '22 EV's will be coming Spring 2021. Spring will be over in 5 weeks. Wonder if the claim about Spring arrivals is dated and needs to updated? Perhaps all the batteries needing to replaced on older cars is causing a shortage on batteries for new cars and delaying production?

 

Makes a lot of sense. The inventory tab on Hyundai's website shows the dealers within 25 miles from me (I'm in New Jersey) have 165 Kona EV's (model year 2021) in stock. Seems like a MASSIVE supply, and hopefully they will be forced to offer massive incentives to clear them out.

I thought perhaps the reason for the massive supply might be related to the $5000 New Jersey EV incentive running out of funding, but I see some New York dealers appear to have substantial inventory positions too.

 

Wow, this is really confusing. Hyundai can't even keep the same model names between Australia and NZ! Bad enough they can't work out what year it currently is in the US, but as you can see from my avatar, the "smooth fronted, colour-matched panels, alloy wheel, bigger screen" version is now with me. It is known here as just https://www.hyundai.com/au/en/cars/suvs/kona/kona-electric The global variations are really something. I would have got the Highlander, but the front seats were just too uncomfortable. All that power-everything didn't leave any room for padding, apparently, so I went for the Elite (OP - no HUD in Elite, only in Highlander). Anything you want to know about this one?

 

Toolworker, a possible hint on the availability of HUD on the 2022 EV's is that it appears to no longer be available on any of the 2022 ICE trim levels in the United States. Bummer. Just like you, I want the HUD, the electric folding mirrors, the heat pump, and front parking sensors. As you said, dream on

And I want the Thunder Gray paint too

 

The US version doesn't have front parking sensors? It's interesting to see the differences between countries. My new 2021 Kona EV Ultimate has the front parking sensors in Canada. I mean, that wasn't a selling feature for me (I've driven for 23+ years without them lol and 90% of the time avoid scraping the bottom of the front bumper on a curb and haven't actually hit anything in front of me lol) but it is a nice to have

I actually only went with the Ultimate trim because I got a great deal that pretty much made the price of the Ultimate the same as the price of the Preferred

 

I'm in Canada (and a province that will likely lag behind everyone for EV vehicles sales for a long time) and just signed the papers on my new 2021 Ultimate trim yesterday and I really only went with the Ultimate because I got a really good reduction on the price (before the federal incentive and before my low-balled trade in value) that made it less than the price they had on the Preferred model on the lot. But this is because I looked around online (there are 7 Hyundai dealers within like 30mins of me) and one dealer has a lot of stock and has big discounts on them so I negotiated my local dealer for that price rather than driving 20mins away to get the cheaper one. And my dealer did say they weren't selling as well right now as they had been.

It could be a combination of the recalls (but I think for anyone that understands the overheating and fire thing is a risk with any lithium ion battery if there is a defect in manufacturing (think samsung Note 7 and didn't Boeing have a few batter fire issues around the same time as Samsung?) it won't be a big factor because they understand the ones outside of that production timeframe should be fine) along with the fact that car sales may be down lately, but also many might be waiting to see the new EVs coming out this year first because there are a lot of them coming out this year to compete. I think the Kona will likely still be one of the better more affordable ones but we'll see