Kona EV Hacking

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Post by AnnikaL » Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

Kona EV Hacking
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Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by sgt » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC

Recently bought a second hand BMW i3 - what a cool car! Not planning to 'hack' it but nice to read about ideas.

Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by zorg-is-real » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC

There is a way to make the Android Auto work wirelessly

Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by nubinetwork » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC

sgt wrote: post #2

Recently bought a second hand BMW i3 - what a cool car! Not planning to 'hack' it but nice to read about ideas.

I've seen videos of that car... don't they only have like 40 miles of range, and the range extender only holds like 5 gallons of fuel?

Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by mschild » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 8:27 AM UTC

nubinetwork wrote: post #4

sgt wrote: post #2

Recently bought a second hand BMW i3 - what a cool car! Not planning to 'hack' it but nice to read about ideas.

I've seen videos of that car... don't they only have like 40 miles of range, and the range extender only holds like 5 gallons of fuel?

For the original version released in 2013, range was a bit of a concern.

Later models, 120ah full electric version, the range is about 250km. In comparison to newer cars, not a lot, but considering you can buy newish used ones for under 15k, its not a bad deal if it fits your needs.

Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by formerly_proven » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC

nubinetwork wrote: post #4

sgt wrote: post #2

Recently bought a second hand BMW i3 - what a cool car! Not planning to 'hack' it but nice to read about ideas.

I've seen videos of that car... don't they only have like 40 miles of range, and the range extender only holds like 5 gallons of fuel?

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Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by physhster » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC

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Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by codeulike » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 9:07 AM UTC

At some point later I got around to playing with DC fast charging ... That market still has a long way to go as far as sorting out its business model, as billing based on time vs energy is completely unfair ... An excuse that's offered less and less often is that pricing by kilowatt-hours delivered is prohibited in some states by utility regulatory rules.

I didn't know they were billing for DC charging in the US based on Time instead of kwh. Thats odd. In Europe its just kwh.

Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by spicySpy » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 9:08 AM UTC

I really like both the e-Niro and the Kona EV for their "normal" car look and I did some hacking too. Wanted to play with the Web Bluetooth API and Svelte, so created the open source Niro Spy app (should work with your Kona too), works on iOS through BLE browser. It might be a good template for some OBD2 hacking, you can also check Open Vehicle Monitoring System repo and the evDash project.

The car is somewhat reliable on the battery side (still have SOH over 101% after 90k km / 50k miles), but the gearbox and motor bearings issue can be tricky to fix.

Also the MY2019 vehicles do lack remote climate controls and battery preconditioning (which I'm still trying to fix with the app).

Re: Kona EV Hacking

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Post by PetitPrince » Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC

physhster wrote: post #7

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Installing a non-standard button that hijack the light control of the car to light all of the rear one is not hacking ? https://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/ev/yb.html

I appreciate the autopilot effort of comma, but if this isn't hacking in the most classic sense of the word I don't know what is.