Planning on a 2023 purchase, any thoughts?

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NevadaTech

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Hello,
I'm planning to buy a 2023 Kona EV, either SEL or Limited. Any opinions?

For me
  • I don't like the look of the 2024+ models
  • I do care about a sunroof
  • is the drivetrain the same from 2020 to 2026?
  • I still see some low mileage ones, less than 20K miles
  • I used to have a Leaf and charged from 110V every other day, that's kinda my same plan, I know 240V is 9hrs charge, my normal drive/usage is under 20miles, so I plan to charge every 3-4 days on 110V for the next year or so> is this realistic?
  • seasonally I do long trips, has anyone used a Telsa charging station with an adapter? do they make adapters (I thought I saw one for sale somewhere)
 
Also, I'm an old fart, I'm not terribly interested in tying the car to my phone. For Teslas that's a given, they are heavily interfaced together. A friend is constantly getting noise/notifications from her car to her phone. I don't believe your phone is needed for the Kona, is that correct? I'm not sure how integrated the Mach-E is, I *think* it is between the Kona and the Tesla.
 
NevadaTech said:
Hello,
I'm planning to buy a 2023 Kona EV, either SEL or Limited. Any opinions?

For me
  • I don't like the look of the 2024+ models
  • I do care about a sunroof
  • is the drivetrain the same from 2020 to 2026?
  • I still see some low mileage ones, less than 20K miles
  • I used to have a Leaf and charged from 110V every other day, that's kinda my same plan, I know 240V is 9hrs charge, my normal drive/usage is under 20miles, so I plan to charge every 3-4 days on 110V for the next year or so> is this realistic?
  • seasonally I do long trips, has anyone used a Telsa charging station with an adapter? do they make adapters (I thought I saw one for sale somewhere)
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I had a 2021 which I've transferred to my son. With an adapter, it can be charged with most Tesla Superchargers. It was reliable and only failure was the 12V battery. We did a long trip (Ottawa to Winnipeg) before the Tesla chargers were available with some issues of chargers not working. We did the same trip last summer with our 2024 EV6 and mostly used Tesla Superchargers because they were always working.
My major annoyance was that the gear shifter was a set of buttons on the console.
 
NevadaTech said:
Also, I'm an old fart, I'm not terribly interested in tying the car to my phone. For Teslas that's a given, they are heavily interfaced together. A friend is constantly getting noise/notifications from her car to her phone. I don't believe your phone is needed for the Kona, is that correct? I'm not sure how integrated the Mach-E is, I *think* it is between the Kona and the Tesla.
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My Kona didn't have a Navigation system so I connected my cell phone to the USB port with a cable to get map data. Then I bought a BlueTooth adapter so my phone connected wirelessly and I could use the phone functions without connecting it to a cable.
 
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