Kia Offering Extra Discounts to Tesla Drivers

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Effectively, that is one thing new. One among my first ideas was, properly, that’s soiled. Kia is outwardly providing further reductions to Tesla drivers who ditch their Tesla and purchase a Kia EV.

Kia is providing a $1,000 low cost in case you purchase an EV6 and a $1,500 low cost in case you purchase an EV9. (The world is stacked in favor of bigger automobiles once more … however we gained’t go there right this moment.)

Chances are you’ll recall some years again when BMW tried one thing just like get a few of Tesla’s over-abundant provide of EV patrons. It’s fascinating, although, {that a} extra “down-market” model is now concentrating on Tesla homeowners and lessees on this method. You additionally had a case the place Lucid actually tried to select off patrons straight advertising to them at Tesla Supercharging stations!

By the way, as I wrote the opposite day, if I used to be to commerce in my 2019 Tesla Mannequin 3 or add one other car to the family, my three high issues can be the Kia EV6, Hyundai IONIQ 5, and Tesla Mannequin Y. So, I feel Kia does know what it’s doing. (A Lucid wouldn’t be on my record, however I don’t have one of many costlier Tesla fashions in fact.)

With hundreds of {dollars} of tax credit score accessible from the US authorities already, throwing on one other $1,000 to $1,500 may simply be sufficient to push individuals over the sting and right into a Kia EV.

In response to the brand new incentive, when he caught phrase of it, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “But here’s the rub, Tesla never has to bribe Kia drivers to buy a Tesla …”