10,500km Kona to California

BaylorBob said:
Mounted donut spare only works on the Kona EV front wheels, will not work for back wheels.
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Picked up this one from apu after he changed his new ride to an Ionic 5. It has the 135/90/17 tire on the appropriate rim and fits the back wheels just fine. If I did receive a flat on the front, I would install the donut on the back and move the good full sized tire to the front so as not to have the spare as a drive wheel. There are others in the spare tire thread including Modern Spare, but quite pricy.
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BaylorBob said:
Do you realize you don't have a Spare Tire in your Car? My friend just tried driving from California to Dallas in her Brand New BMW Gas car. Also like many new cars, no spare. She had a blowout about 200 miles from Dallas and could not get a new tire anywhere between where she was and Dallas. Even Walmart did not have a tire that would fit. She had to buy a tire with the rim from the BMW Dealer in Dallas and have a friend deliver it because it was faster than using UPS or another service.

According to AAA, 30 percent of new cars don’t come with a spare as of 2022. I tried buying a donut spare for my 2021 Kona EV and no one had any. Not even the dealers. My only option was to buy a full-size tire which would mean I had no room in my trunk and had to put the back seats down. Here is a note I copied off a website advertising KONA tires for Non EV cars. ***KONA EV OWNERS *** "Mounted donut spare only works on the Kona EV front wheels, will not work for back wheels. If the flat is on the rear the front tire needs to be moved to the back and the spare put on the front. Does not fit in the storage compartment". I checked with my Hyundai Dealer and they said the Kona Gas Model Tires won't fit on the EV Models because the holes don't line up.

Here is another tidbit of info. If you are counting on Hyundai Road Service which is provided free with your car, they will not repair your tire and they don't carry spares. They will only Tow your car to the Nearest Hyundai Dealer even if there is a Tire Store across the street or one block away. If the breakdown is at night or if you arrive at the dealers after the service dept is closed, you will have to wait until morning for the service dept to open. If you are a AAA Member like I am, the tow truck driver will tow you to the nearest tire store or to your home if it's not too far away. As for me, I won't be taking any long trips in my EV. Not that I wouldn't like to, it's just that without a spare and having to wait hours (or overnight) to charge, is too much of a hassle for me.
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My last 4 cars didn't have a spare tire. This isn't an EV-centric issue.
 
Julian Egelstaff said:
Hello,

Last year, I drove my 2021 Kona Electric from Detroit, to San Francisco, then north to BC and back home to Toronto. I've made an interactive map with all the stops and the charging details: http://www.yourturn.ca/ev/

Hopefully it's educational for people who still don't understand about EVs and range and charging. But also I thought other EV drivers might find it interesting.

Some stats:
  • 10,583km traveled
  • 1,765 kWh used
  • 16.7 kWh / 100km
  • $426.03 paid for charging (Canadian dollars. Almost half the electricity was free, mostly from hotels, but Electrify America also happened to have some free days going on during the trip)
  • 542kg CO2 emitted from generating the electricity we used (that one's a bit complicated, but it's based on the officially published amounts of CO2 per kWh in each state and province we drove through)
All the data is available in a spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lm0ep3QKGgEXvPkG-6B_s5mkuO44Tn_irfRsE9QWqSs/edit#gid=0

Of special interest to Kona drivers might be the time we maxed out the dashboard counter for power regeneration: http://www.yourturn.ca/ev/#/Seattle-Kelowna Click the "Read more..." link.

Thanks for reading, happy driving,
--Julian
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Well this is quite a report. Thanks for sharing it. I also have 2021 Kona E. I find your average consumption is on the high side. You must have had cold weather or carrying a significant load. How many passengers?
 
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