Participating Subaru Dealerships [
dealership locator] have
2023 Subaru Solterra Electric Compact SUV (Premium Trim, code PED-11) available to
Lease at
$241/month for
36 months (total $8,676) plus tax and license fee from participating dealerships w/ zero down for qualified buyers. Contact your local dealership(s) to verify if this offer is available in your area.
Thanks to community member
KhalidS8701 for finding this deal.
- Note: Offer and inventory availability may vary by location.
Features:
- All-wheel-drive electric crossover
- Seats five and carries 23.8 cubic feet of cargo behind its rear seats.
- Range: 228 miles
- 0-60mph in 6.5 seconds
- 8.3" of ground clearance
- Built on Toyota's e-TGNA global battery-electric vehicle platform
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It's hard to tell from that pdf… also looks like there's a daily fee, then some 10$ fee per kW. I'm not familiar with this billing structure.
The $10 is multiplied by whatever your maximum concurrent usage was for the month. So if I microwaved something while running my toaster oven while my wife was drying her hair while charging my car, I might have $40-50 added to my bill. Usually the car is a non factor here as I charge overnight while those other high consumption things aren't happening. Note that with this plan using L2 charging would blow up my bill, there's a dedicated EV smart usage plan, but that ends up being more expensive per kW.
When you consider that the smart usage plan is trying to reduce the maximum load on the grid, the structure makes sense.
There actually is another phantom per kW delivery fee that isn't broken down on that tariff sheet or my bill, I didn't find out about it after calling the power company and asking why the bill didn't match my calculations. It is something on the order of a few cents per kW, but I don't remember exactly. That's why I quoted $0.25 instead of $0.12 (since I usually charge for around 10 hours), but maybe my cost per night is closer to $0.50.
What I do know is that my electricity bills are roughly the same after I got my EV and changed to the smart usage plan as they were when I didn't have an EV and was on the regular plan.
No sales tax(for now), but…. We are going to start adding a road tax of a few hundred dollars when you register an ev and you are going to have to pay four years registration upfront even on a three year lease because you don't pay road tax on gasoline when you drive an ev.
Yes, I know the law just passed and is not in effect yet, but talk about mixed messages.
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We are currently seeing the tip of the iceberg on upcoming massive price drops across the board, both for EVs and internal combustion cars and trucks. Demand for all has dropped to historic lows because of greedy pricing by manufacturers/dealers combined with high interest rates, tightened lending standards, and upside down trade-ins. Lots are overflowing nationwide, with even some new 2022 models still unsold. When the tipping point is reached in the next 6 months or so, 5 figure discounts off sticker will become the norm as dealers scramble to offload inventory in a buyer's market. Many dealers are facing bankruptcy as we speak unless drastic measures are taken to move cars that are costing them huge amounts in floorplan interest costs. It's time for them to pay the piper for the easy money they made during the pandemic.
Oh and I forgot to mention the underhanded, dishonest tactics and ridiculous add-ons from dealers. All of this combined has made the average car buyer detest the current "dealership experience". I'd love to go buy a new truck, but currently there is no way I'd set foot on a dealership lot with all of the above in mind. They can keep their $80,000 trucks; I'm not interested.
I'm kind of with you as far as recharge times for EVs though. Not being able to take one on an extended road trip without a lot of hassle has always been my hang up. But the fact is, I don't take many long road trips, and a lot of people basically never do. I also always have more than one vehicle around because I'm a silly person, so I'm nearly to the point where I can justify any EV on the market for my normal commute and all of my typical driving around town. I could do that, reap the benefits for the vast majority of my driving, and either take an older vehicle I already own or even justify renting something for longer trips. But yeah, recharge times that rival gas fill-ups, and longer range that at least comes close to a typical gas vehicle, would go a long way to convincing more people to switch.
I did do a little internet shopping for a new box truck recently, and prices on those seem to have stabilized, if not come down a bit. Used prices are still jacked up like they were a couple years ago, so I was thinking of trading in my 2015 NPR with 110k in favor of something new that's a little easier on gas, and it actually makes sense right now. Used box trucks still seem to be in high demand, while new ones, which you couldn't find on lots for a minute, are widely available. This may be beginning to happen for passenger vehicles.
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