I’m facing a really tough situation right now and I could use some input from others who may have gone through something similar.

Basically, my wife and I are considering purchasing or leasing an electric vehicle as our next car. We are having difficulty finding knowledgeable people to talk to. It seems that auto dealers are not really interested in talking about EV. They try to steer us away from such a vehicle and point us toward their hybrid or ICE vehicles, basically stating EVs are not perfected enough to satisfy the average person and further try to dissuade us because of the high upfront purchase price. When we do find salespersons willing to somewhat talk about EVs, they seem to focus mostly on the fact that they are great to use around town but not really suitable for over the road use due to the lack of charging stations. Additionally, we found that the few dealers that do sell EVs only have one or two in stock and are usually hesitant in offering a test drive for some reason.
Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation? How did you handle it? How did you end up? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

  • murrayhensonB
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    1 year ago

    You might try asking in the /r/electricvehicles Weekly Advice thread or /r/EuroEV Weekly Advice thread if you’re in Europe.

    Basically, there is an EV that will fit most needs, unless your budget is terribly restrictive or very unusual (e.g. medical courier that does 400 miles a day).

    For me, at least, I just started reading about BEVs. Specifically, the reviews of cars I was interested in… and, quite frankly, of reading comments in /r/electricvehicles and /r/electriccars to see the sorts of issues and praise people had regarding BEVs.

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      1 year ago

      Thank you for your speedy reply. I just came across r/electricvehicles last night. Thank you for suggesting r/electriccars aa well.