Well under €45,000
While we wait for the arrival of the new Hyundai Kona Electric later this year, the Dutch importer is making the outgoing model a lot more accessible. The outgoing electric Hyundai Kona Electric will receive two less expensive versions, one of which is eligible for SEPP purchase subsidy.
The mild-hybrid and fully hybrid versions of the new Hyundai Kona are now on the Dutch price list, but you have to wait until later this year for the arrival of the new electric Kona Electric. Until there is, Hyundai will still deliver the outgoing generation Kona as an electric Electric. Until January this year, it was still available in various variants, of which all versions with a 39 kWh battery and the Comfort and Fashion versions of the Kona Electric with 64 kWh had a fiscal starting price of less than €45,000 and could therefore qualify for SEPP purchase subsidy. Since January, however, the Hyundai Kona Electric has only been available with 64 kWh and in Premium trim, a variant that has a fiscal starting price (list price) of €46,800 and with which Hyundai therefore fishes behind the SEPP subsidy net. But there is good news, the Kona Electric will receive two new versions, one of which is eligible for the purchase subsidy.
Hyundai is introducing two new versions to the outgoing Kona Electric in the Netherlands: the Pure and Comfort. AutoWeek can report this exclusively. Like the existing Premium version, both versions are only available in combination with the Hyundai Kona Electric with a 64 kWh battery and 204 hp electric motor. The Hyundai Kona Electric 64 kWh Business has a fiscal starting price of €46,700 and therefore sees the SEPP subsidy ship leave for the horizon. However, the Hyundai Kona Electric 64 kWh Pure has a fiscal starting price of €41,000, so that is the Kona Electric with which you do qualify for SEPP purchase subsidy.
Equipment Hyundai Kona 64 kWh Pure and Business
The name ‘Pure’ of course already indicates that this variant of the Hyundai Kona Electric does not have the thickest standard equipment. After all, the savings have to come from somewhere. For example, the Kona Electric 64 kWh Pure has a 7.2 kW on-board charger, no heat pump and relatively simple halogen headlights. You do get Lane Keep Assist, cruise control and an infotainment system with an 8-inch display. The costs for making the car roadworthy amount to €995 for the existing Premium version. If we add that to the fiscal price of €41,000, the Hyundai Kona Electric 64 kWh Pure will have a starting price (recommended consumer price) of €41,995.
The Hyundai Kona 64 kWh Business, which has a suggested retail price of €47,695 according to the same calculation, will get an 11 kW on-board charger. This version also has a heat pump and a 10.25-inch infotainment screen. Hyundai also fills this Business version with things like an automatically dimming interior mirror, blind spot detection, adaptive cruise control, an induction charger, a head-up display, an extensive audio system, parking sensors, a rain sensor, electrically adjustable and heated front seats and LED headlights.
We are still awaiting a response from the Dutch importer as to whether the Business version will replace the Premium flavour. After all, the price difference is only €100 (in favor of the Business).
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