Hyundai Kona Electric
Charging curve · consumption · motorway range
The Hyundai Kona Electric has 65.4 kWh of usable battery and peaks at 105 kW on a DC charger. In this app's model it uses about 180 Wh/km at a steady 100 km/h and 265 Wh/km at 130, so 47% more energy per kilometre buys you 30 km/h more speed. Weigh that against a 37-minute 10-80% charging stop and you have the whole question of how fast to drive.
- Usable battery
- 65.4 kWh
- Peak DC power
- 105 kW
- 10-80% charge
- 37 min
- Average kW 10-80%
- 75 kW
- Mass, loaded
- 1953 kg
- Top speed
- 172 km/h
DC charging curve
Charging power against state of charge, on a charger fast enough not to be the limit. Peak power is 105 kW, but it has halved by about 69% state of charge. That is why a short stop low down the curve usually beats a long one near the top.
How long a stop takes
| Charge from | Time | Energy added | Average power |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% to 80% | 37 min | 45.8 kWh | 75 kW |
| 20% to 80% | 33 min | 39.2 kWh | 72 kW |
| 10% to 60% | 21 min | 32.7 kWh | 95 kW |
| 20% to 70% | 24 min | 32.7 kWh | 83 kW |
| 80% to 100% | 36 min | 13.1 kWh | 22 kW |
The curve, point by point
| State of charge | Power |
|---|---|
| 0% | 44 kW |
| 5% | 100 kW |
| 10% | 105 kW |
| 42% | 105 kW |
| 52% | 80 kW |
| 62% | 61 kW |
| 72% | 47 kW |
| 82% | 36 kW |
| 92% | 25 kW |
| 100% | 8 kW |
Consumption and range by cruise speed
Steady motorway cruising on flat road in mild weather, from the fitted model Wh/km = 57 + 0.0123 · v². The “usable range” column is the honest one for trip planning: it is 100% down to 10%, because nobody arrives on empty.
| Cruise speed | Consumption | Range (full pack) | Usable range (100 to 10%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 km/h | 157 Wh/km | 418 km | 376 km |
| 100 km/h | 180 Wh/km | 363 km | 327 km |
| 110 km/h | 206 Wh/km | 318 km | 286 km |
| 120 km/h | 234 Wh/km | 279 km | 251 km |
| 130 km/h | 265 Wh/km | 247 km | 222 km |
| 140 km/h | 298 Wh/km | 219 km | 197 km |
| 150 km/h | 334 Wh/km | 196 km | 176 km |
| 160 km/h | 372 Wh/km | 176 km | 158 km |
What the model does not include
- Elevation. The trip planner does account for climbs and descents; the range figures on this page are flat-road, so an alpine route will come out worse than the table.
- Temperature. These are mild-weather numbers. Cold raises consumption and cuts the charging curve. The planner models both. The numbers on this page do not.
- Wind, rain, roof boxes, payload and tyre choice, all of which move real consumption more than most people expect.
- Charger-side limits. The charging times above assume the site can deliver whatever the car asks for. A 150 kW cabinet shared with the car next to you will not.
Where these numbers come from
Hyundai Kona Electric (MY24-25): a 400 V car on its own platform, not E-GMP, and the slowest charger of the Koreans here at 105 kW. Thirty-seven minutes for 10-80% is the number that decides its long trips, not the pack size. Curve fitted to EV Database's published figures.
What speed should you actually drive?
It depends on your route, on where the fast chargers happen to be and how the legal limits fall. Plan the real trip and the simulator will sweep every cruise speed against this car's curves and tell you which one arrives first.
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