Last November my wife and I got serious about looking for an EV. We commute 80 miles a day round trip and were tired of always having to stop for gas. We live in Maine, so we had to do some driving to find dealers who had some EVs to test drive. After checking out a few other manufacturers offerings, we chose the ID4. We were more comfortable with it as a "transition" from gas to electric car because it didn't feel like we were being pushed out of the driving experience like we did with Tesla and Mustang, and the screens were not as obnoxious as some of the other vehicles.
So we got ourselves on the waitlist and fall tuned into winter and winter turned into spring. War and supply chain issues made it clear that were were not making any progress on the waitlist and by May I started to get impatient. That is when our dealer told us they were selling the 2021 floor model we test drove. Even though it didn't have all the bells and whistles we had put on our order, we jumped at the chance and snatched it up.
Since taking ownership of it about a month ago we have put 2k miles on it without any issues. There has been a bit of a learning curve, but online videos and having a physical owners manual we could consult helped a lot. Since this one already had nearly 1000 miles on it from the dealership, it came to us pretty well broken in.
We installed an Electrify America home charger so we can charge at night instead of trying to use the slow level 2 chargers found in the wild - which are the best that is currently available in this part of the world. This fall we will head down to Portland and try out the only EA fast charger in the state to see what we are missing. Until then, charging at night works well for us. We calculated our costs for electricity and compared it to what we would have paid for gas over the same time. Turns out we saved $500 on gas alone this month, even when you factor in the energy cost of charging at home.
Looking forward to seeing how the RWD handles in our winter driving conditions and the reality of maintenance costs are over the next 12 months. But so far we are very happy with our new car.
So we got ourselves on the waitlist and fall tuned into winter and winter turned into spring. War and supply chain issues made it clear that were were not making any progress on the waitlist and by May I started to get impatient. That is when our dealer told us they were selling the 2021 floor model we test drove. Even though it didn't have all the bells and whistles we had put on our order, we jumped at the chance and snatched it up.
Since taking ownership of it about a month ago we have put 2k miles on it without any issues. There has been a bit of a learning curve, but online videos and having a physical owners manual we could consult helped a lot. Since this one already had nearly 1000 miles on it from the dealership, it came to us pretty well broken in.
We installed an Electrify America home charger so we can charge at night instead of trying to use the slow level 2 chargers found in the wild - which are the best that is currently available in this part of the world. This fall we will head down to Portland and try out the only EA fast charger in the state to see what we are missing. Until then, charging at night works well for us. We calculated our costs for electricity and compared it to what we would have paid for gas over the same time. Turns out we saved $500 on gas alone this month, even when you factor in the energy cost of charging at home.
Looking forward to seeing how the RWD handles in our winter driving conditions and the reality of maintenance costs are over the next 12 months. But so far we are very happy with our new car.
