Mike's wife's monthly Kona EV efficiency report

Whenever time or distance is stipulated, it’s always the shorter of the two.

That’s not a popular stance, but Hyundai “might” void the warranty if something does happen down the road and someone tries to say “well it wasn’t up to 60k yet”.

As always, YMMV…

 

Feb 2023 results:





Operating costs this month:



Summary costs as of 27 Feb 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.7193 - $3.3915 = $0.3278/km

 

March 2023 results:







Operating costs this month:



Summary costs as of 31 Mar 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.6635 - $3.3393 = $0.3242/km

Discussion: The car was brought into the dealership for a recall (21D184 EV EPCU Leak inspection). The blue coolant level in the coolant recovery bottle is now at the "max" line, versus midway between "max and "min" (which it had been at since day one of ownership).

While they had the car, they wanted to upsell me on "brake service" for $345 plus 13% HST. I kindly informed the service manager to have his mechanic note the purple (synthetic ceramic) brake caliper lubricant being used by me when I do the yearly brake caliper service versus what the OEM stuff was.

They also wanted to upsell me a four wheel alignment for $159.95 plus 13% HST. I kindly informed the service manager that when I swap out the tires (winter/all-seasons) twice a year, I check the tread depth of each tire, along the whole width of each tire, and I haven't seen any unusual wear patterns.

 

April 2023 results:







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Discussion: While I was doing the annual/routine brake caliper lubrication service, I inadvertently turned on the e-parking brake while the rear left (drivers/port side) brake caliper was still dis-assembled. The brake piston hyper-extended to it's maximum amount that was mechanically available. Use of the parking brake control would not reverse the extended piston, so I had to mechanically (screw back in) reset the piston and button up the caliper assembly. Any brake warning lamps that exists lit up on the instrument panel.

I had to take the car to the dealership. The first visit was to simply reset the error codes. The second visit was to instruct the dealership to remove and replace the brake fluid (which is called for in the owners manual every 48 months) to eliminate a trapped air sound emanating from the e-booster/master cylinder anytime the service brake pedal was applied.

Summary costs as of 30 Apr 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.6247 - $3.2680 = $0.3567/km


Discussion: IAW Ontario law, our landlord has given us the requisite 90 days notice for the once every 12 months rental increase. The rent-controlled dictated 2.5% increase, effective 01 Aug 2023, includes "basic rent for (the) rental unit, plus ANY amount (we) pay separately to (our) landlord for services".

One of the services "we separately pay for" is $15.00 a month for unlimited hydro per EV parking spot.

Therefore, effective 01 Aug 2023, our monthly energy costs for home charging each of our EVs will increase to $15.38.

 

May 2023 results:







Operating costs this month:



Summary costs as of 31 May 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.5644 - $3.2129 = $0.3515/km

 

June 2023 results:




Operating costs this month:


Summary costs as of 30 Jun 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.5228 - $3.1746 = $0.3482/km

 

July 2023 results:







Operating costs this month:



Summary costs as of 31 Jul 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.4846 - $3.1394 = $0.3452/km

 

Aug 2023 results (car is parked until after 01 Sep 2023):



Note: monthly fee for parking space hydro has increased by 2.5% to $15.38/month.





Operating costs this month:



The V1.0 blue coolant we bought last year (for $400) in anticipation of the 36 month coolant change, was disposed of this week when the car was brought in to have Hyundai pay (via warranty) for the coolant change to V2.0 blue coolant.

Summary costs as of 31 Aug 2023:


Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.4777 - $3.1118 = $0.3659/km

 

So far there has been no post fluid swap drama; let’s hope it stays that way.

You are really packing on those kms now

 

Results for Sep 2023:







Operating costs this month:



Summary costs as of 30 Sep 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.4965 - $3.0980 = $0.3985/km

 

Results for Sep 2023:







Operating costs this month:


Summary costs as of 31 Oct 2023:



Total operating costs, per km (total costs minus capex costs):

$3.4380 - $3.0453 = $0.3927/km