u/SicSevens

My understanding is that the Kona EV is not available in the U.S. in Model Year 2026, but I'm noticing that even here in Canada, a lot of online shops have filters that have plenty available for the 2025 model year, while this year's isn't even listed.

Even on some of Hyundai Canada's own pages, there's a 2025 Kona EV, and other models listed for 2026, but not this vehicle.

This year is an incremental update and not a full refresh for this model, so I would assume almost all of the specs and info are the same, anything that would fit in or on last year's model would also work with the 2026.

However, I went to a hitch store recently and was turned away since Curt doesn't list the EV version under the a 2026 year at all. Has anyone else run into this and have a good solution? Go to a different shop that's a bit less strict? Wait for a few months to see if it gets added?

New 2026 Kona EV with Ultimate Package. I've been able to connect Bluelink on my Android and a laptop. From both places, I can successfully upload a profile picture and see it on the other app, so it's going somewhere on their cloud.

In the vehicle itself, all Bluelink features work just fine, but I can't select the Bluelink profile photo for my in-car profile. It advises me to log in to the app and upload a picture.

I called Bluelink's Canada support line and the rep told me that the product/engineering team has given advisory that it's 'no longer a feature in Canada' which sounds absurd for something that I've seen working on previous model years.

Anyone else running into this? Has anyone gotten past it? I assume we can't, if it's disabled on the Hyundai side of things.