I'm still watching all this. As noted in another thread I've been kinda pre-shopping, as our 2011 Outback (165k) is showing its age. There's always some little thing with it. This weekend I replaced the HVAC blower. Easy 20 minute fix for $35 part, but it seems I'm fixing something like this monthly now (would be unaffordable to have a mechanic do things like this) and car repairs are not my favorite thing. Thinking most likely a PHEV but would love to get a BEV if it worked. I'm most interested in the Ioniq 5. Plenty of interior room, cargo room, and I actually like the styling, it's unique and cool. The EV6 is somewhat better looking, but cargo space not as useful and gratuitously costs substantially more for essentially the same vehicle. But, no tax credit for these.
I've contemplated getting a Bolt EUV just to take advantage of the tax credit, and it would serve OK for a few years since our kids are young (would run snow tires and have a set of chains in the trunk in winter) but would be a PITA for our road trips to the midwest a few times a year. Two one hour recharging stops. One could be done with lunch, but the other is an hour of wasted time. The charge times on the Ioniq 5 are very appealing (10-80% in 18 minutes), but I understand chargers that can take full advantage of that are rare. The Tesla superchargers aren't even that fast, but would help if available. It would take two recharges to get to KC, but if they're less than <30 minutes, NBD.
I've also looked at getting the Model Y, also to take advantage of the tax credit, Model Y is bigger and would better meet our needs, but I just think Teslas are so generic, don't like the interiors, just don't really want to own one. I guess could buy and then sell in 3 years.
Or hope the Outback soldiers on a few more years when interest rates have come down and vehicles/chargers are more readily available.
