Are dealers clueless?

So, it now appears that Hyundai now sells EV's in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington 12 states.. Any other states?
 
BlueKonaEV said:
So, it now appears that Hyundai now sells EV's in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington 12 states.. Any other states?
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I believe that is all of the states for the Kona EV. However, the Ioniq PHEV is available in Georgia, Coconut Creek Florida, and Utah.

It looks like Hyundai is selling the Kona in ZEV states plus Colorado, which has a large state income tax credit for EVs.

It looks like William is in luck if he is willing to drive down to Coconut Creek.
 
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marshall said:
I believe that is all of the states for the Kona EV. However, the Ioniq PHEV is available in Georgia, Coconut Creek Florida, and Utah.

It looks like Hyundai is selling the Kona in ZEV states plus Colorado, which has a large state income tax credit for EVs.

It looks like William is in luck if he is willing to drive down to Coconut Creek.
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I paid $70 or so for the plane ticket from St. Pete to Hagerstown, MD and drove my car home..
I have bought more than half of my cars from out of state..mostly as I got a better price and in case of the Kona because it was not available in Florida..
 
BlueKonaEV said:
I paid $70 or so for the plane ticket from St. Pete to Hagerstown, MD and drove my car home..
I have bought more than half of my cars from out of state..mostly as I got a better price and in case of the Kona because it was not available in Florida..
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That's one way to get the car you want.

I've read of others buying/leasing a 2017 Chevy Bolt out-of-state, unseen in California, when it came out, and had it shipped to them. If I remember correctly, at the time California had a limit on how much the manufacture could charge for delivery. So the lower manufacture shipping cost plus the cost to ship across country worked out OK for the buyer/leaser.

When you buy a car that not available locally, just make sure the local dealer will service it. In your case, they will. In the Niro forum, one of the owners said the local dealer couldn't, and the car had to be shipped out-of-state for service.
 
marshall said:
That's one way to get the car you want.

I've read of others buying/leasing a 2017 Chevy Bolt out-of-state, unseen in California, when it came out, and had it shipped to them. If I remember correctly, at the time California had a limit on how much the manufacture could charge for delivery. So the lower manufacture shipping cost plus the cost to ship across country worked out OK for the buyer/leaser.

When you buy a car that not available locally, just make sure the local dealer will service it. In your case, they will. In the Niro forum, one of the owners said the local dealer couldn't, and the car had to be shipped out-of-state for service.
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I'm lucky that my local Hyundai dealer sent one of their mechanics to complete the training on the all electric models.. I believe some other dealerships in Florida also did. When I bought my Kona Electric, their technician had not completed the necessary training yet. If you buy a new car, buying sight unseen is not an issue.. However, I would never buy a used car without seeing it in person. I just bought a 2017 BMW i3 with 22k miles for my wife. The car was in Miami, 250 miles from where I am. Luckily, the dealership had a location in Orlando which is 50 miles from me and they transferred the car for free to the Orlando location and I was able to take a look at it before I bought it.
 
BlueKonaEV said:
I paid $70 or so for the plane ticket from St. Pete to Hagerstown, MD and drove my car home..
I have bought more than half of my cars from out of state..mostly as I got a better price and in case of the Kona because it was not available in Florida..
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I did something similar a few years back- flew to Winston NC to get the car, and the dealer picked me up at the airport. The Maryland dealers are local, so I didn't need to do this for the Kona.
 
I had a bit of a diversion for the last few weeks, but am looking for a used Ioniq PHEV again. I thought a local dealer did not know about PHEV vehicles, but have found that all the listings in Autotrader were incorrect. I didn't check all the listings, but did check several. I searched for a 2017 Ioniq and set one of the filters for "Plug-in". The listings I saw all said Plug-in Hybrids with a 29 mile EV range. When I looked at the pictures of the cars, all the ones I saw had no small door for the charger plug, nor did they say "Plug-in" on the rear badge. They all said "Hybrid".
Am I missing something, or is the public at large totally uninformed?
 
Ignorance about our rides is abysmal. So I count individual conversations as a win until the next time I see them ... 'and they all moved away from me' - Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Restaurant Massacree

Bob Wilson

ps.
He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" and I said, "litterin'"
And they all moved away from me on the bench there, with the hairy eyeball
And all kinds of mean, nasty things, till I said, "And creatin' a nuisance"
And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the
Bench talkin' about crime, mother-stabbin', father-rapin', all kinds
Of groovy things that we was talkin' about on the bench, and everything was fine​
 
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