alozzy
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@jjeff Thunderbay, Ontario isn't too far from you and they have Hyundai dealerships too :lol:
As I'm more interested in those two vehicles than the Kona, this is great news for me. I sent Kia an email back in October asking for this*. Whether or not it had any effect on their decision I don't know, but maybe if enough people who are interested in the Kona email Hyundai asking for it (maybe saying they'll opt for some other BEV instead for that reason) they'll realize they're making a mistake, and offer both at least as options.According to Kia, the North American version of the 2019 Niro EV will come standard with a heat pump to more efficiently assist with cabin heating and the dedicated battery heater will be an optional feature. In the 2020 Soul EV, both the heat pump and battery heater are listed as optional features.
Yes we drove through TB ON at least twice/year. On our way to Rossport ON and back home a week lateralozzy said:@jjeff Thunderbay, Ontario isn't too far from you and they have Hyundai dealerships too :lol:
Will be interesting to see the sales/lease figures and to see if it's basically So Cal only virtual vaporware that ships in tiny quantities (e.g. averaging under 50 units/month) or if they're actually serious.alozzy said:Sounds like the Kona Electric will be available in California this month:
http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/25689/2019-hyundai-kona-electric-review-the-longest-range-electric-car-you-can-buy-thats-not-a-tesla
Lucky Californians!
cwerdna said:Will be interesting to see the sales/lease figures and to see if it's basically So Cal only virtual vaporware that ships in tiny quantities (e.g. averaging under 50 units/month) or if they're actually serious.
It will be a long time before EVs reach critical mass in the US, if ever. Right now, in the US, the Model 3 is literally decimating everyone else in sales in the BEV space.alozzy said:cwerdna said:Will be interesting to see the sales/lease figures and to see if it's basically So Cal only virtual vaporware that ships in tiny quantities (e.g. averaging under 50 units/month) or if they're actually serious.
Indeed, it does sometimes feel like EVs will never reach critical mass. Hopefully Hyundai doesn't make just a token effort and shows some real commitment to making the Kona Electric a success.
It will be a long time before EVs reach critical mass in the US, if ever. Right now, in the US, the Model 3 is literally decimating everyone else in sales in the BEV space.
https://www.greencarreports.com/new...ed-north-american-utility-vehicle-of-the-year2019 Hyundai Kona–and Kona Electric–named North American Utility Vehicle of the Year
https://insideevs.com/hyundai-kona-electric-vs-kia-niro-ev-autobahn-efficiency-video/Hyundai Kona Electric Vs Kia Niro EV, The Autobahn Efficiency Edition
More details in the Niro topic, but the Niro comes out 4% ahead.Korean cousins face off in Germany (with subtitles). . . .
https://insideevs.com/video-hyundai-kona-electric-edmunds-best-ev/2019 Hyundai Kona Electric, Edmunds Editors’ Choice Best EV: Video
I'm not sure if the Niro was available in time for their cut-off, but it isn't listed on their site.. . . It comes as no surprise that the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric is deemed the “Best EV” for 2019 according to the editors at Edmunds. It’s the only electric vehicle to earn an editors award this year. The rub here is, however, that an electric car must win in the category of “Best EV.” We’re looking forward to a time in the near future when electric vehicles don’t have their own separate category for these awards, and more EVs can begin to rob gas-powered cars of their rein. It surely has happened before, but it needs to become the norm. . . .
https://insideevs.com/hyundai-kona-electric-road-trip-la-vegas/Hyundai Kona Electric Road Trip From Los Angeles To Las Vegas: Video
There's a video.Can the Hyundai Kona Electric make the journey on a single charge?
Michael Fisher (AKA Mr. Mobile) says the Kona Electric could make it, if there weren’t so many mountains. The trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas is a popular one and especially useful for EV range tests.
If you take the longer route past Joshua Tree National Park and through the middle of the Mojave National Preserve, you’re looking at some 326 miles and well over five hours. Fisher chose the more common, shorter route, which takes you 270 miles in about four hours. . . .
That war was lost a long time ago, although I still find myself getting frustrated whenever I read a book that has supposedly been 'edited' by a real person, only to be distracted by the numerous spiel-chucker errors present. I spend enough time here going back and editing my own their/there/they're and similar mindfarts, even though my posts here are semi-ephemeral, don't need to represent me professionally, and I'm not getting paid to do so. Professionally printed works that include such errors really irritate me - online not so much, as we're trading immediacy for proofreading. However, I do wish someone at IEVS would take the time to clean up the grammar in Mark Kane's articles, as English appears to be a second language for him.LeftieBiker said:Spellcheckers really have killed proofreading, haven't they? The standard is now "As long as it's a word, it's fine." Good piece, excepting "rein."
I wasn't being sarcastic when I said english appeared to be his second language. He reports on european EV news for them. At least, I hope that's the explanation for his sometimes fractured syntax.LeftieBiker said:He probably "writes" his pieces by talking into a phone, and then an intern who him/herself relies on spellchecking then tries to make sense of the result.
LeftieBiker said:I don't read those sites as much as you might expect so I haven't noticed. Why don't I read them? See above. Also things like referring to a bigger battery as 'providing more horsepower'...
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