My first drive impressions

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Just drove my Kona from LA, CA to Mesa, AZ! The Kona performed great. Kept it at about 75 most of the way and stopped 3x (Indio and Blythe, CA and Buckeye, AZ) and cost about $36. Mostly using Electrify America Fast chargers. There were 2 issues that did occur:
1) Almost ran out of charge on the Buckeye leg due to a terrible miscalculation by yours truly, and 2) (The same leg) Mr. Wiley Coyote decided to jump out in front of my red flash and took one look and dashed back from whence me came - lol. No injuries were sustained by car or canine. Though I’ll admit I was sweating profusely during both incidents.

Everything seemed to work fine (I bought a Kona Limited); sensors, lights, gauges, alerts, seating comfort, charger, all good. I even like the spacey sound the car makes at low speeds. So for the first 410 miles I’m very happy.
If I can answer any question please ask.
 
Kona Bill said:
Just drove my Kona from LA, CA to Mesa, AZ! The Kona performed great. Kept it at about 75 most of the way and stopped 3x (Indio and Blythe, CA and Buckeye, AZ) and cost about $36. Mostly using Electrify America Fast chargers. There were 2 issues that did occur:
1) Almost ran out of charge on the Buckeye leg due to a terrible miscalculation by yours truly, and 2) (The same leg) Mr. Wiley Coyote decided to jump out in front of my red flash and took one look and dashed back from whence me came - lol. No injuries were sustained by car or canine. Though I’ll admit I was sweating profusely during both incidents.

Everything seemed to work fine (I bought a Kona Limited); sensors, lights, gauges, alerts, seating comfort, charger, all good. I even like the spacey sound the car makes at low speeds. So for the first 410 miles I’m very happy.
If I can answer any question please ask.
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Critters have caused at least one documented incident (on this forum) with Kona so far :
https://insideevsforum.com/community/index.php?threads/accidents-and-repairs.5043/#post-55306
Glad you made the trip unscathed
 
Kona Bill said:
and cost about $36. Mostly using Electrify America Fast chargers
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They seem to work good, but unfortunately they are currently the most expensive option you can find because our Konas are reporting 77 kw charging capability. That brings you into the second tier and you pay the 150 kw rate at 0.69$ per minute.

Kona Bill said:
1) Almost ran out of charge on the Buckeye leg due to a terrible miscalculation by yours truly,
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Yeah, you'll find out that if you go just a few mph slower it will conserve a lot of energy. Drag can be a bit** [emoji12][emoji106]

Glad you made it and enjoying it! [emoji41][emoji106]

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Esprit1st said:
They seem to work good, but unfortunately they are currently the most expensive option you can find because our Konas are reporting 77 kw charging capability. That brings you into the second tier and you pay the 150 kw rate at 0.69$ per minute.


Yeah, you'll find out that if you go just a few mph slower it will conserve a lot of energy. Drag can be a bit** [emoji12][emoji106]

Glad you made it and enjoying it! [emoji41][emoji106]

Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk
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Won’t make that same STUPID mistake again. I reached the charger with about 24 mi. remaining. My new steadfast rule is 80% charge at all stops. Lol
 
No worries, I did the same thing when I bought mine and drove it from San Diego to Las Vegas. My only advantage was that there were no electrify America chargers that I used. I used EVgo which are cheaper, although sometimes only 50kW.

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For my first charge I used EA, but I knew about the issue, and they still had a 50kW charger so I avoided the upcharge.

Since then I found a free 50kW Chargepoint and am getting my EVSE installed.
 
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