Ultimate aim is to buy an EV. MINI E taught me I need +75 mile EPA range and a 6.6kW charger. I like the i because it's small, simple, and efficient. Fit EV is next best. Focus could also work, but I don't need it's complexity. A Smyrna built 2013 LEAF is also possible. Fit EV Lease is $400/month, including maintenance (what maintenance?), for 36 months with 45,000 miles. A third less than the MINI E (also headed for the shredder). Final buy target is a BMW i3, which I think is more than 2 years away, probably 2015. If Honda changes their mind and offers a buyout, lots of choice and better batteries by then.TaosEV said:"limited supply, lease only" sure sounds familiar to me! .... If your intention is to ultimately purchase the Fit EV (and not just turn it back at the end of the lease), you should scrutinize any lease agreement thoroughly before signing on. With the Honda EV+, it was a 3 year lease-only deal with no purchase option at the end. Honda wound up extending the leases for an additional two years which gained them some additional brownie points (pollution credits) in California.
With no end purchase option, Honda can play games with the lease price and the sticker price since the residual value at the end of the lease is essentially meaningless. But the residual will affect the lease price. The sticker on the EV+ in 1998 was $54,999, and the monthly lease was $452 for the first three years and $299 for the final two years of the extended lease.
And then in 2003 they took my EV+ back and shredded it.
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