Hyundai Kona Electric
Hyundai Kona Electric overview
The Hyundai Kona Electric is an electric SUV from Hyundai, priced from ₹24.00 L – ₹26.00 L (ex-showroom, indicative). It pairs a 39.2 kWh battery with a claimed range of 452 km and 134 bhp of power. DC fast charging tops it up from 10–80% in about 47 minutes. It seats 5, drives the FWD wheels, and hits a top speed of 167 km/h. At ₹8 a unit the Hyundai Kona Electric works out at roughly ₹1.00 per kilometre, against about ₹5.00 for an equivalent petrol car.
Full specifications
Pros & cons
👍 What's good
- Healthy 452 km claimed range
- Wide service & charging network in India
👎 Watch-outs
- Charging infrastructure still growing in some cities
- Higher upfront cost than petrol equivalents
Frequently asked questions
The Hyundai Kona Electric is priced from ₹24.00 L – ₹26.00 L ex-showroom (indicative, 2026).
It offers a claimed range of 452 km from its 39.2 kWh battery. Real-world range is typically 70–85% of this.
Yes — DC fast charging takes it from 10% to 80% in about 47 minutes.
On a home tariff of ~₹8/unit it costs roughly ₹1–1.5 per km — far less than a petrol equivalent at ₹6–8 per km.
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Find my EV →EVBharat analysis: what these numbers mean
The Hyundai Kona Electric is listed at 39.2 kWh with a claimed 452 km. Those two numbers drive everything below, which is arithmetic from Hyundai’s published specification rather than a road test — we do not test vehicles.
| Claimed range | 452 km (Hyundai figure) |
| Realistic range | about 325–362 km |
| Units for a full charge | about 43.1 (39.2 kWh plus charging loss) |
| Cost of a full charge | about ₹345 at ₹8 per unit |
| Running cost | about ₹1.00 per km |
A realistic 325–362 km puts the Hyundai Kona Electric well clear of daily driving and makes a long day out a one-stop affair rather than a logistics exercise.
At a claimed 47 minutes on a DC fast charger, the Hyundai Kona Electric is slow by current standards — there are cars at similar money doing the same job in half the time. If you drive highways regularly, that is the specification to shop against.
Over 1,000 km in a month the Hyundai Kona Electric costs roughly ₹1004 in electricity at ₹8 a unit, against about ₹5000 of petrol for an equivalent car. That is ₹3996 a month and ₹47950 a year. Take the price difference you are actually quoted for the Hyundai Kona Electric against the petrol car you would otherwise buy, divide by ₹47950, and you have your own break-even in years — which is a far more useful number than any per-kilometre figure.
Filling the Hyundai Kona Electric’s 39.2 kWh pack from empty draws about 43.1 units at the meter once charging losses are counted — roughly 13 hours on the 3.3 kW portable charger supplied with most cars, or about 6 hours on a 7.2 kW wallbox. On the Hyundai Kona Electric that gap is the practical argument for a wallbox — and all of it assumes you can plug in where you park.
Realistic range applies the 72–80% band set out in how we estimate real-world range, and ₹8 a unit is an assumption rather than your tariff — the calculator takes your own.
Hyundai Kona Electric specifications as published by Hyundai; range is claimed, not measured by us. Tell us if anything here is wrong.