Ford Puma Gen-E vs Hyundai KONA Electric (2018-2023)

The Hyundai KONA Electric is £500 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £144 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Hyundai KONA Electric comes out roughly £500 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 186 miles for the Ford Puma Gen-E and 158 miles for the Hyundai KONA Electric - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Ford Puma Gen-E goes roughly 29 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 26 minutes in the Ford Puma Gen-E and 48 in the Hyundai KONA Electric, so the Ford Puma Gen-E loses less time at each stop. That makes the Ford Puma Gen-E the stronger long-distance car.

The two are within 5 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 600 mm of total clearance for the Hyundai KONA Electric and about 595 mm of total clearance for the Ford Puma Gen-E.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Ford Puma Gen-E and 86% for the Hyundai KONA Electric. 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.