MY26 · Extended Range
Hyundai Kona Electric
SUV/Crossover · 64.8 kWh · CCS2
- WLTP range
- 505km
- Efficiency
- 6.8km/kWh
- DC peak
- 100kW
- Boot
- 407L
Side by side · MY26 and MY23–MY24
Hyundai Kona ElectricvsKia Niro EV
505 km WLTP · 41 min 10–80%460 km WLTP · 45 min 10–80%
vs
The Hyundai Kona Electric is rated 505 km on the WLTP cycle, the Kia Niro EV 460. A 10–80% stop takes 41 minutes in the Hyundai Kona Electric and 45 in the Kia Niro EV. Every figure below names the badge it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Hyundai Kona Electric · Extended Range
505km WLTP
41min 10–80%
A$46,000from
Kia Niro EV · S
460km WLTP
45min 10–80%
A$66,590from
The short answer
The Hyundai Kona Electric goes further on a charge.
1
The Hyundai Kona Electric is rated 505 km against 460 — 45 km, 10% further. It uses 14.7 kWh to cover 100 km where the Kia Niro EV needs 16.3.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 41 minutes in the Hyundai Kona Electric and 45 in the Kia Niro EV. On a 50 kW post it is 54 and 54 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Hyundai Kona Electric is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$46,000 against A$66,590 for the Kia Niro EV — A$20,590 at the starting point, before on-road costs.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Hyundai Kona Electric ifit wins on range (505 km against 460), running cost (14.7 kWh per 100 km against 16.3), charging (41 minutes against 45).
The priceThe Hyundai Kona Electric is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$46,000; both are list prices before on-road costs and incentives.
MY23–MY24 · S
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 66 kW for the Hyundai Kona Electric, 60 kW for the Kia Niro EV. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Kia Niro EVCCS245min
Hyundai Kona ElectricCCS241min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 41 min in the Hyundai Kona Electric and 45 min in the Kia Niro EV — a gap of 4 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger station would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the badge attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per 100 km, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a taller body and a heavier car are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Hyundai Kona Electric | Kia Niro EV |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| WLTP range | 505 km✓MY26 Extended Range | 460 kmMY23–MY24 S |
| Efficiency | 6.8 km/kWh✓ | 6.13 km/kWh |
| Energy per 100 km | 14.7 kWh✓ | 16.3 kWh |
| Battery | 64.8 kWh | 64.8 kWh |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 100 kW✓ | 72 kW |
| 10–80% at peak | 41 min✓ | 45 min |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 66 kW✓ | 60 kW |
| AC maximum | 11 kW | 11 kW |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS2 | CCS2 |
| AC plug | Type 2 | Type 2 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 4,355 mm | 4,420 mm |
| Width | 1,825 mm | 1,825 mm |
| Height | 1,585 mm | 1,570 mm |
| Kerb weight | 1,760 kg | 1,757 kg |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot | 407 L | 475 L✓ |
| Performance and warranty | ||
| Power | 150 kW | 150 kW |
| 0–100 km/h | 7.9 s | 7.8 s✓ |
| Drive | FWD | FWD |
| Battery warranty | 5yr unlimited km / 8yr 160,000km | 7yr unlimited km / 7yr 150,000km |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | A$46,000✓list, before on-road | A$66,590list, before on-road |
| Dearest version | A$60,000✓ | A$74,790 |
| Per km of WLTP range | A$91.09/km✓cheapest version | A$144.76/kmcheapest version |
| Drive-away | A$50,990–A$63,500where the feed lists it | A$70,000–A$74,500where the feed lists it |
How to read the mixed rows. Range, efficiency, battery and charging come from one badge — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. The catalogue stores one record per badge, so where two figures come from different badges the row names the one it used.
What WLTP is not. It is a laboratory cycle at a fixed temperature, with the air conditioning off and a gentle acceleration profile. It exists so two cars can be compared on the same test, not so a driver can predict a highway run. Expect less on a 110 km/h trip, and less again in winter.
What this page does not claim. No ANCAP crash rating: the catalogue carries none, and a column of dashes would read like a failure rather than a gap. Prices are manufacturer list before on-road costs; the drive-away band appears only where the feed publishes one.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the WLTP figure.
- Hyundai Kona Electric
- 2
- Kia Niro EV
- 3
stops · 82 min charging
stops · 135 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the WLTP label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Hyundai Kona Electric
- A$1,103
- Kia Niro EV
- A$1,223
A$7 per 100 km
A$8 per 100 km
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Hyundai Kona Electric
wins 4 of 6 measures on these weights
Hyundai Kona Electric79%
Kia Niro EV21%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The connector guide covers the plugs, and the vehicle guide the rest.
Which has more range, the Hyundai Kona Electric or the Kia Niro EV?
The Hyundai Kona Electric. The Hyundai Kona Electric is rated 505 km and the Kia Niro EV 460, each on the longest-range badge of its current model year — MY26 Extended Range and MY23–MY24 S respectively. WLTP is a laboratory cycle run at a fixed temperature with the air conditioning off, so treat the figure as a way to compare one car with another rather than a prediction for a highway run in summer.
Which charges faster?
The Hyundai Kona Electric. Going from 10% to 80% takes 41 minutes in the Hyundai Kona Electric (100 kW peak) and 45 in the Kia Niro EV (72 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS2 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Hyundai Kona Electric, by about A$120.00 a year at 15,000 km and A$0.50 per kWh. It uses 14.7 kWh per 100 km against 16.3. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Kia Niro EV: 407 L of luggage space against 475 L. Makers measure boot volume by different conventions — some to the window line, some under the parcel shelf — so read the direction as reliable and the size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Hyundai Kona Electric is the cheaper of the two, listed from A$46,000 against A$66,590 for the Kia Niro EV — A$20,590 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before on-road costs, options and any incentive, so a dealer's drive-away number will differ.
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