Hi Bjørn - do not fret you, you can never please everyone ! Your Kona test ist still the best one you can find on the internet . Nobody else made a testdrive about 13 hours or shows the real charging !!! The most other testers think that the color of the car or the chromestrips are very important :-( Please continue like this you make a great job. Wish you a nice weekend ;-)

I'm German...but 120 km/h is ok.😉 Thank you for your Videos !

Thank you Bjorn - these are great tests, very useful!

You can't please everyone, just keep doing the best, you are just fair of what you have observe in real time. Thats what i like you most.

Excellent coverage! Thank you.

Back to the future, great movies serie ^^

Bjorn you are the best ev guy on the tube 👍

The second Bjørn said "swallowed" I knew he couldn't let that one pass :D

thank you, nice video for comparing ...

The seats look a lot better than the Bolt. Great reviews Bjorn

Thanks for doing this testing. Yes, those Ampera-E numbers are much lower than my experiences driving the Bolt EV at 75 mph (about 20-25% worse). Now, I tend to get better efficiency in my Bolt EV than most other Bolt EV owners, but I think a couple of factors are in play. The LT trim appears to be more efficient than the Premier trim, plus I'm also running non-stock rims (and now tires). Regardless, in stock configuration, my Bolt EV LT still saw significantly better efficiency numbers than what you experienced. Also, the usable capacity of the Bolt EV's battery is 58 kWh according to the display. The gross battery capacity is somewhere between 60 and 64 kWh.

Hi Bjørn in your opinion is better as performance the i3 or e-ampera ? Thanks

What about build quality and long term reliability? Would this car or the Kona be the better car to keep for a while and put lots of miles on?

I love the Ampera e, only needs can tow, better price and maybe an Adaptative Cruise Control,

I'm in France border of Germany and i drive often of german's autobahn. On autobahn yes there is no limitation sometimes but full of 100 or 120km/h limitation, and full of works zone on one way at 80 or 60km/h. The result is you travel more fast on France motorway where the limitation is 130km/h most of time.

25°C is good, in switzerland its 35 °C xD thank for the test, cant wait to get the Kona EV :D

10% difference economy will add up (not to mention the greater range which may be more important for some users).

Is the Ampera significantly bigger than the Kona?

I've done 376km with 2%battery to spare at 102km/h. Even with a few minutes of heating. temp was around 16degrC. 2 Persons, 2 dogs and suitcases.

I hope that car has had the battery range software update!

Kona is 76kw on The ionity network

The big disadvantage of Kona is that there is not 360 degrees of camera. There is also no Parking Assistent :( Opel has it all.

I just drive 2800km in sommer oslo-saltstraumen-oslo avarage 13.5 ac only in the downhills at regen.

Since you are comparing the Ampera-e to the Kona, how about a race between the two. Great video as always, keep up the good work.

Bjørn, Do you calibrate/check tire pressure for efficiency tests?

You should have an Excel sheeeeeet, where you write all of your stats. Now its just kona. But what about the other cars 🤔

144Wh at 90km/h...not bad for such a tall car. After all its not a "bad" car...its perhaps not the most gorgeous looking or either styled for the european market. Btw, that fin on the roof is quite funny.

The Hyundai kona and Opel ampera have the same motor and battery both LG battery and power train

I think Chevrolet Bolt/Ampera-e supports 80 kW charging. So the 57 kW claims make sense.

kona vs ampera-e (bolt ev)!

You're giving Clay Davis a run for his money.

2:00 As an American, I found it funny to see a Chevrolet Silverado running around Norway. Not a vehicle I expect to see in Europe

This will most likely be the EV I get as my first one. The used market has fallen out on them and can get a nice one with 24k miles for $18k USD right now. Guess that's the only good thing about everyone being anti-ev here. Thanks for the video!

Bjørn Nyland are you sure 94 = 90 in the Ampera-e? In my Bolt EV the GPS shown speed is very similar to the speed indicated on the speedometer. I have found my speedometer to be very accurate. As a note I recently drove a round trip 310Km's at 110Km/h at a humid 26C with AC on set to 22C. I averaged 152 Wh/Km in my Bolt EV on that trip. I did it in one trip and I showed 90km's of range indicated (nominal) when I arrived home.

What was the A/C settings ?

In North America GMCs paint starts to fall off in a few short years

Model S: 120 km/h : 192 Wh/km, 90 km/h: 145 Wh/km kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a6mki7CK0ruyZac.html

Speedtest (up to 80 km/h) I did with Leaf showed about 13% increase pr 10km/h increase. That actually matches a bit "too good" with your results in this test ;) Have you seen higher consumption because of rain? I atually saw lower consumption in rain! Everything was set to the same (no AC/heat, just fan on same speed, radio on same volume, same use of lights an of course same stretch of road with same speed). The reason is wet air is less dense, less windresistance. The problem in that test was fogging on windows, so in reality I would get worse consumption in rain because of the need of AC or heat to keep windows clear.

I miss a Corsa e review...

Hi Bjørn nice test, thank you! if you still have the car you should re-run the test in D instead of L (One Pedal Driving) I have the feeling it actually impacts the range. And yeah the Kona is more efficient, even if you use the in D 'gear' on the motorway...

So driving at 90 will yield 15 KM per KWH and at 120 less than 5 KM per KwH. so a 250KM run is possible at 120 which is half the country in Israel. That's useful. However, netheri Bolt nor Ampera or Koba arte available here. Government likes us combusting because its so easy to tax the gasoline

Running with or without AC/heat?

Based on the results... KONA EV makes the race!

You left lane hugger, i hate left lane huggers! 😂

I really thought the chevy bolt would be more efficient then the Kona. Following the common thought of SUVs being less fuel efficient. I was surprised. 😮 The test is fair, and the Bolt is not bad at all. It's a nice little chevy. Hmm Bolt or a Kona?....bow tie vs. the big H. It's close.... You have the best reviews of EVs, better the the professional auto jurnos. You do get Tesla biased, but it's in check. Since you own a few, its understandable. With GM, when they put their heart in it, they can pull off some good cars, when they don't,....GM just drags their feet. I hope GM allowed their Bolt engineers to have design and engineering freedom.

This is totally my opinion bu Ampera-e not get the attention that one deserves. Opel make mistake about price tag and production number. So no one knows this beautiful car.

Can you test 130km/hr. Also can you compare it with model 3

210 Wh/km at 120 km/h, that's what a 2,3-tonne and 422 horse power Tesla Model S does without switching on Range Mode!

the sound profing is very bad

Its really telling about GM how they dragged their feet in selling this as the Chevy Bolt in USA. The Bolt is still selling relatively good despite no advertising by GM. Its a real good car. Unfortunately, GM sold off Opel in Europe and priced the Ampera-E out of the market. My guess is also that Opel/PSA will not retain much intellectual property for this car. Nor will a manufacture under license from GM likely happen given the recent state of affairs between the two. Mary Barra (GM CEO) before the sale of Opel reassured us that the Ampera-E project would be secured. But I have to say I always smelled a rat.

Next time try to go 130kph, in many countries is this the highway speed

3:22

The best range test I have seen is the Eric Lundgren video real-world driving on a single charge Nissan Leaf 81 miles Tesla Model S 240 miles Chevy Bolt 271 miles Eric's BMW EV 340+ miles kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9SHhtaYzcvOlHk.html

For American viewers this is the same as the Chevy Bolt, I believe.

Driving "fast" is less about absolute speeds (130 km/h is a perfectly fine cruising speed for autobahn), but about driving under full throttle (pedal to metal), which is how many lower end gasoline cars are driven on German highways. Consumption under full load is a valuable metric you can't replicate in Norway without breaking the law. Most EVs are software-limited in top speed, because going full power over longer distances they would overheat and range would drop like nothing.

Man's not hot!

may you try 115 km/h because ın most countries. the maximum speed is 120 and 110-115 is more realistic and safe to drive than 124 km/h good luck :)

Shiiiiit..... not safe for children to watch! Really trying to piss off the Germans today - 120kph is one thing but hogging the right lane, naughty Bjorn, naughty🤣🤣🤣

75 mi/hr is fast for an EV, you are not going to get good range at that speed.

kona > ampera e