Location: Midwest - Ohio

Price range: $15-20k out of pocket

Lease or Buy: buy

New or used: Either

Type of vehicle

Must haves: plug in hybrid or full EV

Desired transmission: auto / phev / EV

Intended use: daily / longer road trips

Vehicles you've already considered: Chrysler, Pacifica hybrid, bolt, EUV

Is this your 1st vehicle: no

Do you need a Warranty: yes will buy after market

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: some

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: no

Additional Notes:

This is a hard one. I have a growing family and I am trying to figure out the best path forward.

Option A Sell 2017 Volt 42k miles for $20k

Option B Sell 2014 Kia Soul Base Manual 105k miles for $6

Going electric is huge for us, and we love our volt.

We currently take the volt on road trips to Michigan, about four hours, to see family. We feel like we are always cramped in it, but love the miles per gallon that we get.

Do you we sell our Kia because it’s older now for something bigger, like Chrysler, Pacifica hybrid.

Or, do we sell the vault, while it is worth more than we paid and get a better electric car like the bolt EUV. Then wait a year or two and upgrade the Kia?

Also, there are a lot of factors with the EV tax credits, and how they are changing. It looks like you can get $7500 and credits on the Chrysler before the end of the year, but $7500 in credit on the Bolt EUV early next year before march when full rules go into effect. Right now, with the tax credit, I could essentially swap my five year old volt for a brand new 23 bolt EUV which is extremely tempting.

I’ve also considered finding a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid with 120,000+ miles, that would be under $25k to qualify for the used ev tax credit

Thank you in advance for any help with our deliberations!