[jetpack470]

Now that a lot of people have purchased this car, can y'all give some feedback on wind noise above the speed of 80kmph. Can you guys hear the wind when you're driving between 80-100? Could anyone who also owns a jeep compass for example share their thoughts on how the wind noise compares between the 2? My Compass for example has exactly 0 wind noise until very high 120+ speeds, I would like the car I replace it with to be the same, however, I test drove 2 cretas and both had quite high wind noise after 80. Im wondering if it's just the test drive vehicles or if actual owners also have this experience?

For what it's worth, the ICE creta seemingly has better wind noise resistance than the test drive EVs I tried.

[DieselAnna]

Originally Posted by Raghav07

Good to know. The regular Creta doesnt get that a LED-Halogen combo. Its either full halogen or full LED.
Please send a picture at your leisure, its just that there arent any reviews of the Executive variant, and the ones that claim to be are actually other ones.

Rear pic



The indicator is halogen (inside section). And the brake lights are halogen too (not lit, outside one).

[raghukodali]

Originally Posted by raghukodali

Got our Creta electric delivered yesterday and drove about 60km.

Very satisfied with the initial impressions.

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The overall experience from Blue Hyundai (Mysore Road branch) in Bangalore is very satisfying as well.

Drove around 500km in two weeks. in summary, this is a beautiful car. Very poised, very comfortable for office commutes on Bangalore outer ring road or to ferry kids around. Excellent in the city. Seeing about 7.9 to 8.0 km/KWh. Everything is working as expected. The driver profiles are very handy. My wife (primary driver) of the car has a profile and I have setup my profile.

Our usage of this car is going to be within the city with two toyota diesels to handle the highways.

My wife is happy with the car and in turn so am I

[WhiteKnight]

Originally Posted by jetpack470

Now that a lot of people have purchased this car, can y'all give some feedback on wind noise above the speed of 80kmph. Can you guys hear the wind when you're driving between 80-100?.

Creta EV is hastily put together, probably to sell as many while the real model is getting designed. Just bend down and look at how battery is placed and mounted onto monocoque, you will know.

Given the above, such anomalies are expected as part of the package- it is a buyers' choice.

[Cresterk]

Originally Posted by Shreyans_Jain

True. Creta EV has the worst fast charging abilities of any relevant electric car in the market today. Just not good enough, and a clear step down from the old Kona.

Kona EV, despite its flaws, was an international product while the Creta EV was slapped together for developing markets.

[yedukrishnan199]

Originally Posted by Cresterk

Kona EV, despite its flaws, was an international product while the Creta EV was slapped together for developing markets.

The Creta EV is like a stop-gap arrangement for Hyundai, trying to leverage the Creta brand until they are able to bring a born EV into the market, more so than how the XUV4OO was for Mahindra until the Born Electric lineup was released.

Old MNC battery tech, relatively slow fast charging capabilities, ICE platform modified for the EV, etc point towards the same. Many consumers who are in the market for EVs understand this, and so the sales numbers are destined to remain mediocre and I expect it to fall once the eVitara launches.

[shobhit.shri]

Originally Posted by jetpack470

Now that a lot of people have purchased this car, can y'all give some feedback on wind noise above the speed of 80kmph. Can you guys hear the wind when you're driving between 80-100?

I checked today on my car and yes, there is a slight sound at higher speeds, although I couldn't figure out whether it was wind, tire or just the motor humming. It did not matter much to me though. Playing music, even at low volumes, was enough to offset it. It kind of sounded like what we hear on airplanes at high altitude cruising.

[carjack3090]

Originally Posted by Cresterk

Kona EV, despite its flaws, was an international product while the Creta EV was slapped together for developing markets.

Why didn't they localise the Kona, that was a good car and they gave up on it completely. Hyundai has made some very questionable decision in last 5 years

[shankar.balan]

Originally Posted by carjack3090

Why didn't they localise the Kona, that was a good car and they gave up on it completely. Hyundai has made some very questionable decision in last 5 years

I agree.
As a Kona owner I can only appreciate that vehicle more and more each time. Silly fellows in Hyundai. They could easily have given us the option of the bigger battery in the Kona and kept it going for some time.

[ferrarirules]

Originally Posted by sri_tesla

It was OK for Kona when it launched in 2019, but to use the same old technology in the 2025 car is a shame. Hyundai is just using Kona technology from 2018 in a Creta shell.

Sorry to say but they are not even using Kona 2018 technology because 39.4 KWh Kona was able to charge at almost 1C and more through the whole charging cycle. This car doesn't even touch 1C at peak charging rate

It is highly disappointing because Hyundai had the first mover advantage with Kona this is not their first EV product for India. Even if they wanted to do Creta due to it brand name, they should have given it the best tech that they have available. It is high time Indian consumer wakes and stops buying cars just because of their brand value.

[yedukrishnan199]

Originally Posted by ferrarirules

Sorry to say but they are not even using Kona 2018 technology because 39.4 KWh Kona was able to charge at almost 1C and more through the whole charging cycle. This car doesn't even touch 1C at peak charging rate

It is highly disappointing because Hyundai had the first mover advantage with Kona this is not their first EV product for India. Even if they wanted to do Creta due to it brand name, they should have given it the best tech that they have available. It is high time Indian consumer wakes and stops buying cars just because of their brand value.

Great points here, in line with my previous observations of Hyundai milking the Creta brand and providing a not-so-great replacement for the Kona. When replacing a product, at least replace it with something better.

This was just an exercise to essentially make a cheaper Kona replacement as a competitor to the Mahindra, Tata and Suzuki EVs using the ICE platform of the Creta and leveraging the nameplate.

At least Suzuki did its homework with better battery tech and a dedicated EV platform. Mahindra too launched Born EVs but only after the XUV4OO., Tata too hasn't brought in something astounding yet, still EV cars based on ICE counterparts.

[Cresterk]

Originally Posted by carjack3090

Why didn't they localise the Kona, that was a good car and they gave up on it completely. Hyundai has made some very questionable decision in last 5 years

It looked very very similar to an elite i20 physically. I remember suggesting it to family members and they just asked me if it was an electric version of my i20. It’s hard to sell a 24L car that can be mistaken for a 10L car.

Also the EV market wasn’t as big back then and most people veered towards the larger and cheaper creta or the feature rich MG ZS Ev

[Sentau]

Originally Posted by Cresterk

It looked very very similar to an elite i20 physically. I remember suggesting it to family members and they just asked me if it was an electric version of my i20. It’s hard to sell a 24L car that can be mistaken for a 10L car.

Also the EV market wasn’t as big back then and most people veered towards the larger and cheaper creta or the feature rich MG ZS Ev

Well if they localized it instead of it bringing it in as a CKD unit, it would have been much cheaper than 24L. The first gen kona was also much larger than an i20. It looks deceptively small in photos. It was a Creta sized car. Also was the ZS EV more feature rich? I remember the kona having every creature comfort save for smartphone connectivity.

[agambhandari]

Originally Posted by Sentau

Well if they localized it instead of it bringing it in as a CKD unit, it would have been much cheaper than 24L. The first gen kona was also much larger than an i20. It looks deceptively small in photos. It was a Creta sized car. Also was the ZS EV more feature rich? I remember the kona having every creature comfort save for smartphone connectivity.

Kona was practically the size of Nexon EV and the backseat was infact worse. With the Creta, they are able to keep it in a higher segment and with a lot of parts sharing among ICE and EV variants, which gives them a bigger scale to hit the price and profit targets they need. Kona EV as a standalone model would have very little volumes to be localised.

[carjack3090]

Originally Posted by Sentau

Well if they localized it instead of it bringing it in as a CKD unit, it would have been much cheaper than 24L. The first gen kona was also much larger than an i20. It looks deceptively small in photos. It was a Creta sized car. Also was the ZS EV more feature rich? I remember the kona having every creature comfort save for smartphone connectivity.

It was actually a CBU unit