2018 Hyundai Kona Electric 39kWh
Was £29,900
At launch in 2018. No longer sold new.
39 kWh FWD
There is a newer version of this car: the 2026 Hyundai Kona Electric, from £31,250, up to 319 miles.
Cost
- Price
- £29,900
- Price per mile
- £166
Battery
- Battery The October 2020 brochure prints 38.3 kWh and 319 volts, which are the IONIQ Electric's figures.
- 39.2 kWh
- Battery (usable)
- 39 kWh
Range
- Range WLTP, from Hyundai UK. The European press kit said 312 km, about 194 miles.
- 189 miles
- Efficiency Converted from Hyundai UK's 14.3 kWh per 100 km.
- 4.3 mi/kWh
Charging
- Max fast charge power DC
- 50 kW
- Fastest charge time 10-80%
- 51 mins
- AC charge power Single phase. Hyundai UK's MY20.5 cars have a 10.5 kW three-phase charger, which cuts a full charge to 4 hours 50.
- 7.2 kW
- AC charge time 0-100% £50 off a home charge point
- 4h 50m
- Plug & Charge The second-generation KONA Electric, from 2023, not the original. Free, through a Charge myHyundai account.
- Yes
- Autocharge Autocharge is Fastned and Osprey's way of starting a charge without an app or a card: you plug in and the charger recognises the car. This one should work, but neither network has confirmed it yet.
- Yes
Performance
- Drive
- FWD
- Top speed
- 96 mph
- Acceleration 0 to 62 mph, from the 2018 European press kit.
- 9.7 secs
- Motor
- 100 kW
- Horsepower 136 PS.
- 136 hp
- Torque
- 395 Nm
Details
- Towing
- No
- Towing capacity
- 0 kg
- Seating
- 5 seats
Dimensions
- Turning circle
- 10.6 metres
- Length
- 4,180 mm
- Width Mirrors folded
- 1,800 mm
- Height 20 mm taller than the petrol Kona, on a body 15 mm longer.
- 1,570 mm
- Weight Kerb weight.
- 1,535 kg
- Roof rack Max. weight 80kg
- Yes
- Boot volume VDA.
- 332 litres
- Boot volume (max) With seats down
- 1,114 litres
- Frunk volume
- 0 litres
- Payload
- 485 kg
- Wheelbase
- 2,600 mm
- Width including mirrors What has to clear a garage door or a narrow lane.
- 2,070 mm
Tech
- V2L (3-pin socket)
- No
- App
- No Unconfirmed
- Android Auto
- Yes
- Apple CarPlay
- Yes
- Over-the-air updates
- No
Sockets
What you plug into the car, and the fastest it will take through each.
-
CCS
DC
of 6
What it costs to run
A full charge at home could cost £3.12, or 1.9p per mile.*
- Cost of a full charge
- £3.12
- Cost per mile
- 1.9p
Based on Intelligent Octopus Go, an EV tariff from Octopus Energy (£50 off when you switch). * At 8p a unit, using the manufacturer's WLTP efficiency figure. What you actually pay depends on how, and where, you drive.
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Specifications correct as of 28 September 2026. Source: The All-New Kona Electric press information, Hyundai Motor Europe, July 2018, and Kona Electric MY20.5 brochure, Hyundai Motor UK, October 2020.
