In a pair of diaries right after 45*’s inauguration, I made the case that getting an electric car has now become not only a viable environmental option, but a necessary act of resistance.
It’s the perfect storm for EV expansion: the oil industry becoming the government is happening exactly as the range of affordable and attractive options to buy/lease an EV is reaching critical mass. If pickup trucks and big SUVs are the only vehicles you care about, then you’ll have to wait a few years. But everyone else should probably pay *very* close attention, and even consider swapping that ICE (internal combustion engine) car of yours a few years ahead of plan, and replace it with an electric car this year.
What I’m asking, is that you go beyond pure consumer-side considerations, and add to the equation the fact that by going electric now, you will be actively undercutting the Trump regime by removing your household (or part of it) from the oil economy.
In January I presented available low-budget EV options. In February I followed up with exciting new mid-market offerings.
Time for a mid-year update: with a couple of minor exceptions, things have been getting better and better for the US EV market. The options out there are pretty unbelievable, EV buyers are beginning to respond, and it will get dramatically better over the next few months.
In particular, the two leading stories of summer 2017 are a historic Grand Premiere — and an equally historic deluge of closeout deals.
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Deals like this have been popping up across the country. And wait till you hear about lease bargains...