Help with choosing an EV please!

slave1

Re M3 range, what tyres and were you using aerohubs, larger tyres and no hubs will have an impact on range

MightyMunster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117858953#Comment_117858953

The Kona is smaller with a bigger battery so should have more range? Doesn't have 1 pedal driving, does it have adaptive cruise control? Wasn't available when I looked after my Ioniq was robbed so ruled it out and went with the SR+ instead

ELM327

"The kona would eat it for range"

A fiesta would have better fuel economy than a 3 series. Is that reason to look past a 3 series and get a fiesta?

AndyBoBandy

On my Model 3 SR+ I have the standard 18" wheels and for that trip I made to Cork, and for the last few months, I've had the aero caps on.

I presume Vinny's M3P had the 19" uberturbine wheels.

innrain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117858953#Comment_117858953

I have them both Kona and M3LR and I think you're unfair to M3. Yours being a P model is like comparing oranges to apples. A P car is not a day to day car in my opinion but more for an enthusiastic driver for whom the range should be down on the list of the features required. (can't really say petrolhead can I). They both have an exceptional efficiency, in my case both hover around 15kWh/100km. Kona is more efficient in city driving due to less mass to be moved at the start and stop. M3LR is more efficient at 100+km/h speed and having 11kWh more gives it the edge. Then you have numerous features which Kona is missing or lacking.

 Doesn't have 1 pedal driving,

It does. You have to increase the recuperation level to the highest. Adaptive CC was removed from the Irish spec, as frontal collision warning and many more. However, it has lots of features which Skoda for example is charging a lot.

slave1

Another Tesla/Kona owner here, Kona has more range easy peasey, road noise in Kona is shocking versus the Tesla though