On the plus side, as you mention our property taxes are low, and extremely low if you have held your property for a long time. So bad place to be during income earning years, very good place to be in non-income-earning years as a long-term homeowner.
We currently own both a Kia and a Hyundai and they have been good purchases. Unfortunately, Kia's policy is not to sell or service any EVs in Alberta. As for the Kona EV, I found the large center console interfered with driver comfort.
I see a lot of freeway on-ramps I your future.
Then you may want to have a look at the Chevrolet Bolt, they are likely to have the $5,000 federal grant I would think, but any EV's who do not have a version of a model under $45,000 will not get it. But unfortunately no EV in the price range of the MME have the $5K incentive. Maybe the VW ID4 will be price for that who knows or we might get a federal budget surprise.
Go Go Federal Budget!Then you may want to have a look at the Chevrolet Bolt, they are likely to have the $5,000 federal grant I would think, but any EV's who do not have a version of a model under $45,000 will not get it. But unfortunately no EV in the price range of the MME have the $5K incentive. Maybe the VW ID4 will be price for that who knows or we might get a federal budget surprise.
Today my wife and I test drove a Premium AWD at our local dealer. It seemed well built with reasonable performance (though we would expect the GT to be far more impressive from that perspective), and it was hard to resist the appeal of "shiny and new," but the dealer confirmed that neither a hitch nor a roof rack are available from Ford and that it is not rated to tow ("But let me show you the F-150 hybrid!"). MotorTrend was right. I suggested that Ford stop marketing the Mach-E as a Sport Utility Vehicle ("100% SUV") and am canceling our reservation for a refund.
The lack of towing capacity in North American Mach-e's has been well documented for quite some time. It should not have surprised anyone by this point. As for using any BEV as a towing platform, that's probably a bad idea in general. Range suffers tremendously. Most of us who want a hitch on the MME want it for bicycle carriers and not for actual towing. If that's what you want, there are aftermarket options.
As mentioned, towing in a BEV is generally not a good idea, but if it is local towing as opposed to road tripping you’d probably be fine knowing your range will drop like a rock.
What's the shipping time for the EU now? Have any actually taken delivery yet? Or are the cars all still waiting to clear customs?
Very understandable. I hope it all works out for the better.
Nope, not a surprise to me given the aforementioned threads, but ultimately tipped the scale in favor of alternatives that do offer (Tesla Model Y Performance) or will offer (Kia EV6 GT, among many others coming soon) the utility I need in addition to the performance I want. The intent of this thread is to collect such feedback, so I provided it. YMMV
Yep, as quoted in my post, but even if aftermarket options become available, I am not willing to risk voiding the warranty of such an expensive vehicle by operating it in a manner not approved by the manufacturer, so decided to pursue alternatives.
