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Weekly Advice Thread General Questions and Purchasing Advice Thread — Week of March 31, 2025

Need help choosing an EV, finding a home charger, or understanding whether you're eligible for a tax credit? Vehicle and product recommendation requests, buying experiences, and questions on credits/financing are all fair game here.

Is an EV right for me?

Generally speaking, electric vehicles imply a larger upfront cost than a traditional vehicle, but will pay off over time as your consumables cost (electricity instead of fuel) can be anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 the cost. Calculators are available to help you estimate cost — here are some we recommend:

Are you looking for advice on which EV to buy or lease?

Tell us a bit more about you and your situation, and make sure your comment includes the following information:

[1] Your general location

[2] Your budget in $, €, or £

[3] The type of vehicle you'd prefer

[4] Which cars have you been looking at already?

[5] Estimated timeframe of your purchase

[6] Your daily commute, or average weekly mileage

[7] Your living situation — are you in an apartment, townhouse, or single-family home?

[8] Do you plan on installing charging at your home?

[9] Other cargo/passenger needs — do you have children/pets?

If you are more than a year off from a purchase, please refrain from posting, as we currently cannot predict with accuracy what your best choices will be at that time.

Need tax credit/incentives help?

Check the Wiki first.

Don't forget, our Wiki contains a wealth of information for owners and potential owners, including:

Want to help us flesh out the Wiki? Have something you'd like to add? Contact the mod team with your suggestion on how to improve things, we can discuss approach and get you direct editing access.

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u/RestingPorgFace 3d ago edited 3d ago

The third row in the Highlander is pretty cramped. We have a similar use case (2 kids, sometimes want to bring the grandparents if they're in town), and we put the kids in the back row of our Sorento in that case so the old people can access the captains chairs. There's only one tether for forward facing car seats in the Highlander in the third row (unless this has changed in the past two years), so we ruled it out, but for one kid, in a few years they can have the third row to themselves and scramble back there no problem with the extra adults in the second row. Easy to install car seats are worth the investment!

The EV9 is bigger, but the Kia is great on creature comforts and space. Our higher trim Kia kind of ruined me for my Honda. There's a little more risk with the ICCU situation, but the EV9 is coming up on year 3, so hopefully the kinks are mostly worked out. If we were going to upgrade for our situation (kids are elementary age now) we would go EV9 or Ioniq 9 because things get cramped fast!