Selling an EV - Going all-in on Maverick

[gzebrick]

A couple of years ago I purchased a new 23 Bolt EUV for my wife to drive. It's been fantastic and I'm convinced that EVs are great for around-town driving. I have a company car for my job, and a classic Miata for fun. A 3-car family.

Life happens and she's no longer driving, and I'm about to retire and give up the company car. I've a 2025 Mav Lariat hybrid AWD with 4K tow job-2 on order (thanks Granger!), to replace the company car. The Bolt, as good as it is, still sucks for road trips where you rely on DC fast charging instead of 220/120 home charging. I live where DC chargers are few, cost for DC charging is high, and the bolt is particularly SLOW at DC charging (home charging is the opposite- it's great, cheap, fast).

I found that I could sell my Bolt to Carvana for just a little less than what I actually paid for it 2 years ago! Since the mav gets very good around-town MPG and is the preferred vehicle for road trips, it's going to replace replace both the company car AND the Chevy Bolt

With the money I'm getting back from selling the Bolt I've decided I'm also going to get the granger 10 year / 100 K / 0 deductible Ford premier warranty so the mav will be our go-to for all of our travel.(Miata stays of course). We're retired so we don't drive most days. If we did the Bolt would stick around as our daily commuter, but instead it is/was mostly collecting dust in the garage. With home charging we got ~120 miles on $3 of electricity. The Mav will get about 40 miles so we will be getting a hit on fuel cost but since we don't drive every day it won't be too bad.

I do wish someone would come up with an extended range EV that's small and affordable. I think Hyundai has an SUV in the works for 2026. A all-electric AWD Mav with 100 miles all battery range and a small gas engine / generator would be ideal, but for now we'll enjoy the hybrid mav. One vehicle for around town, travel, truck stuff and towing.

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[Hunters Edge]

Hello and welcome to MTC. Hope you get your order soon. Please keep us updated and include pictures of your new Maverick. Also congrats on your retirement hope the Maverick helps with that as well (enjoying your retirement).

 

[OB1e]

Better contact your tax professional. If you cough up your ev without owning it for 3 years you may have to pay back some of your fed/state ev rebates if you got them.

 

[gzebrick]

Never heard of that - I don't think that's an issue with the $7500 tax rebate and we've no other rebates in our state

 

[dalola]

Congrat's on the new Mav, sounds like you made a solid decision. We are also a dual ICE/EV household, and fully embrace the advantages each offers. And of course, also understand the shortcomings with each.

I would love to see Ford (or some OEM..) offer a EV version of the Mav, similar sized, AWD, 4K towing, 200+ range... and affordable. Line starts here....

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

A couple of years ago I purchased a new 23 Bolt EUV for my wife to drive. .....
I live where DC chargers are few, cost for DC charging is high, and the bolt is particularly SLOW at DC charging (home charging is the opposite- it's great, cheap, fast).

I found that I could sell my Bolt to Carvana for just a little less than what I actually paid for it 2 years ago! Since the mav gets very good around-town MPG and is the .

I do wish someone would come up with an extended range EV that's small and affordable.......

I would love a plug-in Maverick hybrid PHEV. Say 40 mile elec. range.
500+ mile ELEC+ICE. I wouldn't use gas 80% of the time and no plugging in on long trips or being constrained to traveling to only to places with range of a charging station.

Interestingly, Stalantis (yea I know)
Has swapped the PHEV Ramcharger
Production and release to 2025. Delaying the pure EV Ram REV until 2027.

 

[Suzukiridr14]

A couple of years ago I purchased a new 23 Bolt EUV for my wife to drive. It's been fantastic and I'm convinced that EVs are great for around-town driving. I have a company car for my job, and a classic Miata for fun. A 3-car family.

Life happens and she's no longer driving, and I'm about to retire and give up the company car. I've a 2025 Mav Lariat hybrid AWD with 4K tow job-2 on order (thanks Granger!), to replace the company car. The Bolt, as good as it is, still sucks for road trips where you rely on DC fast charging instead of 220/120 home charging. I live where DC chargers are few, cost for DC charging is high, and the bolt is particularly SLOW at DC charging (home charging is the opposite- it's great, cheap, fast).

I found that I could sell my Bolt to Carvana for just a little less than what I actually paid for it 2 years ago! Since the mav gets very good around-town MPG and is the preferred vehicle for road trips, it's going to replace replace both the company car AND the Chevy Bolt

With the money I'm getting back from selling the Bolt I've decided I'm also going to get the granger 10 year / 100 K / 0 deductible Ford premier warranty so the mav will be our go-to for all of our travel.(Miata stays of course). We're retired so we don't drive most days. If we did the Bolt would stick around as our daily commuter, but instead it is/was mostly collecting dust in the garage. With home charging we got ~120 miles on $3 of electricity. The Mav will get about 40 miles so we will be getting a hit on fuel cost but since we don't drive every day it won't be too bad.

I do wish someone would come up with an extended range EV that's small and affordable. I think Hyundai has an SUV in the works for 2026. A all-electric AWD Mav with 100 miles all battery range and a small gas engine / generator would be ideal, but for now we'll enjoy the hybrid mav. One vehicle for around town, travel, truck stuff and towing.

You will hardly notice the differance in cost for gas, since you are now retired, and drive less. You will love the fact that you can go anywhere you want to and never have to worry about charging stations! Also you will be saving money on insurance, and maintance with one vehicle that can do it all.

 

[gzebrick]

That’s the plan. I am lucky to get most of my money back on the excellent bolt ( my daughter has her own 23 bolt EV). For daily commutes they can’t be beat) but my wife and I are no longer in that boat. Still wish the mav was an EREV ( as opposed to a PHEV). Prefer a single all electric drivetrain with ice generator… maybe in a few years? I’d even consider the dodge Eram if it wasn’t so damn big. Need a half sized version.

 

[gzebrick]

My Job-1 order just arrived at the dealer. Wife and I dropped by to check it out. Dealer knows I'm not going to take delivery as it doesn't have the tow-assist (and I am getting a better deal from Granger on my job-2 order).

It's a desert sand Lariat with the smoke truffle interior. The truck exterior was filthy as it just came in, but the interior was nice. The big deal for me is how WELL the desert sand color matches the smoked truffle interior... not an exact match but plenty close. Works for me! Now just need to wait for my job-2 build to happen so I pick it up in Iowa.

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