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Our Ford Escape is nearing the end of its useful life, and we are looking into an EV to replace it. Tesla Y is not going to be it, because it's small and expensive, not because of politics. I think a lot of people are in a similar boat, and if a cheaper EV of a similar form factor showed up it would see a ton of demand.

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The Chevy EV SUVs that are coming out next year seem very compelling in terms of price and range. We just replaced my wife's RAV4 with an EV, and we went with the ID.4. You'd probably be happy with that coming from an Escape, though it's still on the pricey side.

If you look at the specs, of the 3 of them the id.4 is generally the smallest. There are some metrics where it comes middle (more front headroom than the ford but less than the Tesla) but in general if you think the Tesla is small you’ll think the VW is small.

We decided against the Tesla for various reasons, so it was down to the ID.4 and the Mach-e. Unfortunately the Ford is much pricier (probably due to the $7500 credit it qualifies for)

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