Hyundai KONA Electric vs Jeep Avenger

The Hyundai KONA Electric costs £5,001 more than the Jeep Avenger. For that premium it adds 70 miles more WLTP range, 86 litres more boot space and 45 kW more power. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Hyundai KONA Electric comes out ahead overall.

The Jeep Avenger is £5,001 cheaper to buy. The Hyundai KONA Electric is cheaper to charge, roughly £136 a year versus £168 for the Jeep Avenger, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Jeep Avenger comes out roughly £4,841 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 266 miles for the Hyundai KONA Electric and 171 miles for the Jeep Avenger - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Hyundai KONA Electric goes roughly 94 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 41 minutes in the Hyundai KONA Electric and 30 in the Jeep Avenger, so the Jeep Avenger loses less time at each stop. So the Hyundai KONA Electric stops less often while the Jeep Avenger stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The two are within 15 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 590 mm of total clearance for the Jeep Avenger and about 575 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai KONA Electric.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 86% battery health for the Hyundai KONA Electric and 84% for the Jeep Avenger. That gives the Hyundai KONA Electric a modest edge in retained real-world range. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.