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Originally Posted by whitev70r
What did you get? You can get into one now pretty reasonable, used Leafs are flooding market.
Personally, I'm interested in the best plug in hybrid. Reduce range anxiety. Love the Audi A3 etron but $$$$$.
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My first EV, a 2016 Smart for Two electric Drive, cost me a grand total of $20, 000.00. Taxes, everything in. Got $5000.00 rebate from government and Mercedes matched it with a further $5000.00. I thought it was a pretty good deal. My son needed to drive, so we got him the little EV. Hey, if you can't parallel park that little thing, you shouldn't be driving, gulolol. It's his car now. Man that thing is quick. 0-60 km/h in 4.7 seconds. Uphill not many cars can keep up. It is speed limited to 138 km/h, though.
My second EV, the one I'm driving now cost a little more. I scrapped my wife's old MPV van and got $6000.00 for it, lol. I would have got maybe 500 bucks at the most for it. It was leaking oil, had engine light go on and off more often than a Surrey Ho gets taken out. It was just nasty. It wasn't insured for about 6 months, but I got the scrap-it folks to make an exception. My wife passed away over two years ago and I just let the insurance run out. We had the vehicle since new, so with proof of insurance since day one, they approved the grant. It wasn't like I picked up a vehicle from a scrap yard.........
With the scrap it and the CEV for BC rebate, I got $11,000.00. Mitsubishi had a promo for another $3,000.00 since the model was being discontinued. So for a total of under $21,000.00 including pdi, freight, taxes, replacement insurance, etc. it was a done deal. The iMiEV, it's called is a really funky looking vehicle. I got the top of the line model with navi, back up camera, bluetooth, heated seats, remote start, etc, etc. And yes, stalkerazndude, it is black.......... Labrador Black to be precise. I hated the look of the vehicle at first, but it has grown on me. It comes with both level 2 and CHAdeMO (DC fast charge) receptacles. So, for zipping around town, it's great. It totally makes sense for me, a retired, debt free, care free, frugal asian. Plus, I own three other vehicles that are ICE (Internal Combustion Engine).
Most people think EV's are slow things because EV owners don't drive like I do. When you drive with the pedal to the metal, like I do, your range suffers a great deal. That's why EV owners drive like ye olde grannies.
I love the instant torque, no gear changes, and when I put it in "Brake Mode," I can do the one pedal driving thang. Scares the bejesus out of the people behind me as the brake lights don't come on like it does on the BMW i3. Hee hee, hue hue, pew pew.
Anyway, I hope this answers some questions.
I could have traded in all the vehicles and purchased a Tesla, but like someone else in this thread mentioned, I don't have much trust in that company. Plus, not going to be driving around in a $125000.00 car. I'm not like that. A $20000.00 vehicle for getting around is more who I am. I'm like 40 years passed the impress people stage, lol. Well................ maybe.