The Cheapest Electric Cars for 2022
6. 2022 Hyundai Kona Electric—$35,295
Car and Driver rating: 8.5/10 EPA-rated driving range: 258 miles
With a starting price of $35,295, the Hyundai Kona Electric is one of the EV segment’s best values. That sum nabs buyers the base Kona Electric SEL, which comes standard with an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system, a 10.3-inch digital gauge cluster, and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility. The model may be tough to find, though, as the automaker limits sales of the Kona EV to just 12 states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusets, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington).
Like its corporate cousin, the Kia Niro EV, the Kona Electric features a front-mounted 201-hp electric motor that’s powered by a 64.0-kWh battery pack. This combo nets this front-drive EV respectable acceleration figures, with a 2019 Kona Electric hitting the mile-a-minute mark in 6.4 seconds.
Despite its EPA-rated driving range of 258 miles or 19 miles more than the mechanically similar Niro EV, the aforementioned 2019 Kona Electric delivered 160 miles of driving range on our 75-mph highway range test—50 miles less than what a 2020 Niro EV managed in our hands.
HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC SPECS
