Our First EV Kona SEL
My wife was determined that gasoline will no longer be available and wanted an EV. Couldn't find a used one locally so we ended up going to Victory Motors in Kansas City, Kansas. They had a 2022 Kona EV with 33,000 miles for $15,000. Nice car, drove nice, new tires, excellent inside and out. Mike told us it was a company buy back and I wasn't sure what that was. He said there was an issue with the battery. No big deal. Everything was supposedly fixed and we bought the car with full warranty he said. It wasn't until 3 weeks later when I got the title from them that I found it was a Lemon Law Buyback. Branded Title. Not happy about that. Should have done some homework.
Never drove an EV or charged one so the 195 miles back to Des Moines was kind of a leap of faith. Made it with 60 miles left on the battery. Tried to use the charger at the Hyundai dealer and was told it was for customers only. I guess they don't want me as a customer. The next week I put a Level 2 charger in the garage for about $1,900. Should have done some homework on that.
The charger is pretty high tech and I'm not. So, in the instructions it said that I can plug it in and start charging and I did and it did. Charged it to 100% several times. Now I see that might not be the best thing for the car's battery.
So, since there are no controls on the charger how do I limit the charge to 80%? I thought the manual was pretty vague. Also, how do I stop the charge early whether at home or a public charger? I've just pulled out the charging cable a couple times but I'm thinking that might not be a good thing to do. Is it not?
Aside from some things mentioned above we love the car. It's a blast to drive and is nimble and powerful and we're learning about it as we go.
All help is appreciated. Thanks.