[QUOTE="miatadan,
Are you sure that they wouldn't sell it or were they just strongly encouraging you to upgrade? The Essential is a loss-leader and probably won't be built for many, many months.
They strongly wanted me to upgrade to more expensive model. Also they only stock Ultimate trim level of the Kona electric.
They stated this in email, I received after placing deposit. Not even a phone call.
Maybe it's better not to have car on order and no official prices.
Dan