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Four Ars staffers Purchased electric Automobiles Lately –here Is what we Have

Our electric 2019 Kia Niro.

Expand / / Our electrical 2019 Kia Niro. (charge: Timothy B. Lee / / Ars Technica)

On Friday the 13th my spouse and I moved into your Kia dealership to take delivery of some Kia Niro. Better yet, once we file our taxes following spring, we will find a $7,500 charge from Uncle Sam. Therefore that the after-tax price will be only $25,400.

The alternatives for electric cars are becoming better because we last went car shopping in 2017. I wished to purchase an electric car back then also, but the pickings were lean. Tesla’s Model S and Model X have been far out of the funding. My wife announced the Chevy Bolt and also Prius’s plug hybrids to be overly funny looking. The Nissan Leaf was subsequently rated at 107 kilometers of variety –much too small for road excursions.

We test-drove Ford’s C-MAX plug in hybrid vehicle in 2017, however the plug attribute seemed to be an afterthought. The car needed additional batteries piled in the back cargo area, leaving {} for shipment. We settled for a Subaru Impreza having an internal combustion motor. Price: $25,200.

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