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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Well honestly $30,000 is also too much but at that point I start thinking credits might get it below $25,000 which would be the absolute most I would pay. There are great ICE AWD choices at that price like a loaded up Kona. Then of course I would also wait 3 years on whatever and buy it used letting someone else take the biggest hit on depreciation.
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It sounds like you aren't in the market for a new CUV then. I'm not either - I buy 3 year old cars off lease too. However, for an apples to apples comparison it makes sense to compare new vehicles. It also makes sense to compare vehicles of the same class size and the Kona is a size smaller than the ID.4
As redpoint said, $30K is with Oregon credits and rebates. That makes is about $5K more than the equivalent size gas CUV. However, the thing about an EV is that you are basically buying 10 years of fuel with the purchase price of an EV. The cost of electricity to fuel an EV is a tiny fraction of the cost of gas.