EV purchase - lower end of market (Nissan/Hyundai)

[DiamondLights]

Hi all

We are in the process of buying a used Diesel as our main car, but we will be buying a new Electric as the local run around/town driving. We don't want to spend the earth as we will have two cars to manage, so want to keep costs as low as possible.

Nissan Leaf and Hyundai Kona look to be at the cheaper end of the market, probably leaning towards Kona. Anyone here had any use or knowledge of the two or any alternatives?

Given it's not our main vehicle, is it worth going for the bigger battery (at an extra cost) given we wont drive long distance with it and can charge on the driveway?

[DiamondLights]

_Mja_ said:

I've been looking at a Leaf ~6k budget. I just want a run around I can dump at the station and take the kids to school in. I have a diesel car I will use for longer trips.

OP budget might be more than mine but out of a Leaf/Zoe/Kona which appear to the cheapies on the market I would probably go for Kona, then Zoe, then Leaf on aesthetic reasons.

looks like we're in a similar boat, i dont want to be totally dependent on Electric solely hence keeping the diesel SUV for main drives.

My wife has some car programme through work, so we get a really good incentive to get an electric car. But yes, dont want to be going full whack on a Tesla or BMW right now as we will mainly do town driving. We dont do super long distance but i dont want the risk of relying solely on Electric, for example we have a wedding up North next weekend, 3.5hrs drive each way.

[DiamondLights]

Ioniq comes in at a higher price than the Kona, around £50-100 per month, is it worth the extra increase?