Pretty early on in my second round of shopping the Mini Cooper SE caught my eye. From the moment it entered my radar part of me wanted it to be the one. It seemed unique and fun, yet a surprisingly good value. The base model had an MSRP of $30k, which came out to $34k …
Continue reading Shopping Round 2: Mini Cooper SE – We Have a New Winner!
Despite writing off the Niro pretty quickly the last time around, I had to give it another chance just by default. I actually liked it quite a bit better the second time around; whether I was convincing myself to, due to lack of alternatives, or I was more appreciative of what it offered, it's hard …
I liked the styling of the Ioniq 5 from the moment I first saw reports about it, and was really pleased that it didn't lose any of its edge between the first looks and actual production. They were just getting deliveries to select Texas dealerships toward the end of my shopping, but I managed to …
Photo by Alice B on Pexels.com Entertaining the possibility of the Polestar 2 really opened the floodgates. Getting up into that price bracket added a lot more options and one of the obvious ones was the Mach-E. Sadly, at that time, the Mach-E was one of the hardest cars to find and a contender for …
Photo by Naoufel Bouazizi on Pexels.com I'm not exactly sure how it happened. I think my desperation and the lack of affordable options had me pushing my budget up and up until one day I found myself on the brink of getting a Polestar 2. I'm glad I didn't. I loved the car, but it …
I was still concerned about the lack of active cooling of the Leaf's battery, but with it being the most affordable mainstream option, I had to reconsider it. So this time I actually went to drive one. On paper it really did seem compelling. Part of my issue with the Bolt was the lack of …
Photo by Chris Black on Pexels.com This was the car that really gave me doubts about the Bolt. It started getting a lot of coverage right when I got the Bolt and just about everyone seemed to agree it was one of the best value EVs available. I had not considered it my first time …
So after just 4 short months of ownership I sold my 2020 Bolt EV Premier back to GM. I don't believe that specific Bolt was the best purchase I could have made, so I was glad to have a do-over, but I was not excited to be in the market again. Things had certainly not …
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Eventually I got around to trying the Bolt, which, despite my baseless prejudice toward Chevrolet, already seemed very compelling. It's true that compared to all of the new EVs, and even some of it's older peers like the Niro and Kona, its charging speed of 50kW was unimpressive. And it was a miss that the …
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The Niro was never a strong contender for me mainly due to price. I just couldn't understand why it cost so much more than something like the Bolt. Faster charging seemed like the main advantage, but that wasn't an important factor to me at the time. I did end up test driving one. What I …
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