Yes, you can still nab a really great deal on a new EV
You’ve read the headlines. The federal EV tax credits are gone, and you’d think that the age of affordable electric motoring is over before it ever really began. You imagine all those sleek new EVs are now the exclusive playthings of those with solar panels on their yachts. Guess again.
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Manufacturers still want you in an EV, even if Uncle Sam’s generosity has cooled. Dealers are adjusting, and brands are still hustling. If you’re even mildly serious about getting one, now’s the time to act. These offers don’t tend to linger, and many of them will vanish by Halloween. They don’t even require a security deposit!
2025 Kia Niro EV Wind
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The deal: $229 per month for 24 months and 20,000 miles with $3,999 due at signing
That modest monthly check puts you behind the wheel of a front-wheel-drive crossover with 201 horsepower and 256 miles of usable range. It won’t win any drag races, and it won’t set charging records, but it’s got something better: a sense of style. Inside, there’s the tech you actually want, like a 10.3-inch touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and, in the base Wind trim, enough equipment to make you wonder why anyone spends more. It’s a good deal on a good car, one that you’ll actually enjoy living with.
2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E Select
Ford
The deal: $253 per month for 36 months and 31,500 miles with $3,993 due at signing
This lease applies to the sensible buyer’s Mustang Mach-E, if such a model exists. In rear-wheel-drive form, it’ll carry you 260 miles on a charge and deliver 264 horsepower from a single electric motor. Check the box for all-wheel drive and you get a bit less range —240 miles —but considerably more muscle: 325 horsepower, or a stout 370 horsepower if you spring for the extended-range setup. Yes, the extra drive axle will nudge your payment upward, but what you get is a practical machine that knows what it means to be a Mustang.
2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SE
The deal: $259 per month for 24 months and 20,000 miles with $3,999 due at signing
You can have your Hyundai Ioniq 5 SE with rear- or all-wheel drive, but this deal is for the rear-wheel drive. With that setup and 225 horsepower instead of the base 168, it’ll go 318 miles before recharging from 10 to 80% in 18 minutes on a DC fast charger. More importantly, it’s the rare EV that’s meant to be fun. Its pixel-perfect, retro-futurist shape looks like it drove here from the future by way of 1986, and inside there’s room for all your gear. Snappy to drive, quick to charge, and impossible to ignore, this is the one to have.
2025 Honda Prologue AWD Touring
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The deal: $289 per month for 36 months and 30,000 miles with $3,899 due at signing
It may wear a Honda badge, but it feels more like something that rolled out of Detroit. Built by General Motors and sharing its bones with the Chevrolet Blazer EV, this lease applies to the mid-level all-wheel-drive trim, good for 300 horsepower and 294 miles of range, a healthy bump over the 220-horsepower, 308-mile front-wheel-drive Prologue. The range is competitive, the styling is handsome in that clean, deliberate Honda way, and the cabin is spacious. While it may be a Chevy, the Honda has the advantage of standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV AWD 4LT
The deal: $319/month for 24 months and 20,000 miles with $2,889 due at signing.
Even in its humblest LT trim, the Chevrolet Blazer EV is broad-shouldered, confident, and an utterly American family hauler. Inside, there’s room enough for five full-sized humans and their baggage. The single-motor, front-wheel drive version delivers 220 horsepower and 312 miles of range, while the dual-motor, all-wheel-drive variant steps up to 300 horsepower and 283 miles. You may find yourself longing for a bit more punch or the comforting glow of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which GM has decided you don’t need. But even so, the 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV remains an impressive machine.
Final thoughts
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