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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Neither was an EV.
when calculating the cost of electricity, always use the DELIVERED price. A lot of people quote the price of electricity, without including the delivery and taxes. It can be significant (sometimes more than the price of the cost of electricity).
There are some areas where electricity is cheap- like Seattle; and prices where its absolutely ridiculous like California.
I don't think a Subaru is in my future. It's misleading. At least with Tesla the payment is exactly the same except the tax/registration part.
Curious about the Nissan Leaf I read in this thread though.
With EVs, the battery is the weak point of the purchase. It goes down to almost zero value at some point. I have 1998 Z3 and a 2002 Civic, both drive great. But an EV at that age may not do well, not matter the milage.
That at my two friends with Teslas have had the suspension mostly changed out after 40k miles. Luckily under warranty, but I warned them to maybe sell now or risk it happening again.
Civic suspension never changed a thing.
Z3 though did get new shocks and struts at 30k miles but that was because I wanted a smoother ride. lifetime warranty on them.
Energy independence is a worthwhile venture, but not necessarily with EV's as being the front running option.
Maybe if the east coast stops eating avocados, because there's a huge fuel consumption for shipping those.
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Panasonic gets subsidized with US taxpayers dollars and the people of Kansas have to pay for more transmission lines and infrastructure to burn coal by way of higher electricity rates.
We are subsidizing coal burning to have foreign nations build EV components and everybody pays that price. China is burning more coal than ever to keep up with he demands of the green energy fans.
Hilarious that they feel they can lecture anybody about the planet. Rich city dwellers get taxpayer subsidies to destroy the planet and consider themselves heroes.
Maybe you'll find some dealerships that really don't care. But when negotiating with these guys it's always best to hold most of your cards close to the vest. They may in fact be less inclined to cut you a good deal on one aspect of a deal when you're limiting their profit elsewhere. You need to look at every transaction holistically...e.g. maybe you think they're giving you top dollar for your trade, but they're holding $2k more profit on your new car than what they've been giving to others, and ultimately it's a wash
I don't think a Subaru is in my future. It's misleading. At least with Tesla the payment is exactly the same except the tax/registration part.
Curious about the Nissan Leaf I read in this thread though.
With EVs, the battery is the weak point of the purchase. It goes down to almost zero value at some point. I have 1998 Z3 and a 2002 Civic, both drive great. But an EV at that age may not do well, not matter the milage.
That at my two friends with Teslas have had the suspension mostly changed out after 40k miles. Luckily under warranty, but I warned them to maybe sell now or risk it happening again.
Civic suspension never changed a thing.
Z3 though did get new shocks and struts at 30k miles but that was because I wanted a smoother ride. lifetime warranty on them.
The tech is still advancing too and getting cheaper every year, once we get to a point where some EVs will need replacement batteries they will likely be way cheaper than they are now. And we have a real world example that bears that out as this is what happened with the Prius batteries, all the naysayers saying the battery will cost a fortune to replace and now you can get one for early gen Prius for less than $1k and some have been documented to go 400k miles on the original battery.
That's why battery life matters, as these are going to be the first truly planned obsolescence vehicles, since as soon as the battery is toast, the vehicle is totalled. It doesn't matter what the price per lithium cell is, the batteries are proprietary, they are not user serviceable due to liquid cooling systems and extremely high dangerous voltages, and so you're at the mercy of what the manufacturer charges and they are intentionally overcharging for them to ensure old cars end up in the trash dump so they can sell more new ones.
Charging speed does matter if you aren't only driving places to where you can charge from your garage. Since some people park in apartment parking lots and can't charge everyday overnight, or go on road trips, then charging speed is extremely important.
Most vehicles fuel tanks can be filled from near empty in under 3 mins, and think about how long that feels when you are standing there. Now imagine the gas came out so slow that you'd have to stand there for 30 mins... that sucks! And for some its not 30 mins, its 3 hours if you are somewhere that doesn't have a functional fast charger.
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That's why battery life matters, as these are going to be the first truly planned obsolescence vehicles, since as soon as the battery is toast, the vehicle is totalled. It doesn't matter what the price per lithium cell is, the batteries are proprietary, they are not user serviceable due to liquid cooling systems and extremely high dangerous voltages, and so you're at the mercy of what the manufacturer charges and they are intentionally overcharging for them to ensure old cars end up in the trash dump so they can sell more new ones.
Charging speed does matter if you aren't only driving places to where you can charge from your garage. Since some people park in apartment parking lots and can't charge everyday overnight, or go on road trips, then charging speed is extremely important.
Most vehicles fuel tanks can be filled from near empty in under 3 mins, and think about how long that feels when you are standing there. Now imagine the gas came out so slow that you'd have to stand there for 30 mins... that sucks! And for some its not 30 mins, its 3 hours if you are somewhere that doesn't have a functional fast charger.
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