--- title: Kona EV hacking | daily.dev description: A personal chronicle of owning and technically exploring a 2019 Hyundai Kona EV, covering home charging setup, battery deep-dives, hardware teardowns,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kona-ev-hacking-c49tkk4n4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kona EV hacking | daily.dev og:description: A personal chronicle of owning and technically exploring a 2019 Hyundai Kona EV, covering home charging setup, battery deep-dives, hardware teardowns,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kona-ev-hacking-c49tkk4n4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/c49TkK4n4.png og:image:alt: Kona EV hacking og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Kona EV hacking **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal chronicle of owning and technically exploring a 2019 Hyundai Kona EV, covering home charging setup, battery deep-dives, hardware teardowns, ergonomic modifications, and real-world experiences with public charging networks. The author approaches EV ownership with a hacker mindset, documenting discoveries about the car's systems, a full battery drain and recharge experiment, recall issues related to battery fires, and eventually acquiring a second Kona. The narrative spans from 2019 into 2022, touching on range anxiety, charging infrastructure growing pains, and the evolving EV landscape. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hybrid Comeback Powers Extended Range Electric Vehicles](https://daily.dev/posts/hybrid-comeback-powers-extended-range-electric-vehicles-1ba9h8thu) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kona-ev-hacking-c49tkk4n4) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Kona EV hacking","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kona-ev-hacking-c49tkk4n4","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/kona-ev-hacking-c49tkk4n4"},"datePublished":"2026-03-16T20:04:32.321Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T20:04:54.299Z","description":"A personal chronicle of owning and technically exploring a 2019 Hyundai Kona EV, covering home charging setup, battery deep-dives, hardware teardowns,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8bcad129c34cea2d14d2e67711e318b3?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8bcad129c34cea2d14d2e67711e318b3?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/kona-ev-hacking-c49tkk4n4","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"hardware","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Kona EV hacking"}]} ```