EV - buy or lease

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got a good lease deal last year and I am leaning towards a new lease when this one is up. I will say, I love having an EV!

Which one do you have? Tesla is right out but all of them collect information on you and are "subscriptionized" right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got a good lease deal last year and I am leaning towards a new lease when this one is up. I will say, I love having an EV!

Which one do you have? Tesla is right out but all of them collect information on you and are "subscriptionized" right?

We got a Kia model. We don’t have a subscription but I think you can pay for certain upgraded app features. I believe the upgraded app was included in our lease because we can do remote start, remote climate etc.

I am looking for a 3 row EV next time and am interested in the Highlander.

[Anonymous]

I'm on my second EV. The technology may change but it won't really matter - we were really happy with our 2013 EV until we replaced it a year ago. People who haven't had EVs are unnecessarily fearful about battery loss or tech changes, but they have been reliable cars for a long time now.

There is HUGE value in buying a slightly used EV. They depreciate fast and yet are great cars. We bought a 2-yo Ioniq 5 off a lease and it has been great. Was about half sticker price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lease - EVs are the only car that I strongly advocate leasing. Or if you purchase, make sure you only have the vehicle while under warranty. There are way fewer parts than an ICE vehicle, but if something major needs fixing out of warranty, it is way more expensive.

I have owned multiple EVs and they require very little upkeep tbh, and have been no more expensive to fix out of warranty than our ICE Toyota. this sounds like fear mongering.