Anticipating My New-Car Smell

Day 148 - I first wrote a blog post mentioning a Hyundai KONA Electric in mid-July last year. Subsequently and just occasionally, fifteen posts have followed. So, today is the seventeenth time the groundbreaking, totally-electric, mini-crossover has been mentioned in my eJournal and images.

I fear that over the next several weeks, this blog may include a tsunami of new photos and comments on my own 2019 KONA Electric. We're flying back to Vancouver on the evening of April 15th. The very next morning, although my body is not likely to yet be functioning optimally on Pacific time, I will visit the dealership to make the final payment towards the purchase of my new one.

Unless you have a particular interest in electric vehicles, at nearly eight minutes, you may find Hyundai Canada's promotional video a little boring. Of course, as I have a new one waiting for me at a Coquitlam dealership, I've watched it more than a few times!



Car buying is not something which I frequently do. In fact, the last time I bought a vehicle was in 1996. It is my current Ford Ranger and it would have served us well for 23 years come June. However, by then it should be just memories and a slab of crushed metal. For you see, I am participating in a BC provincial program called, Scrap-It. It provides additional funding for EV buyers to get rid of old, polluting, gas-powered vehicles.

I've been a big proponent for electric vehicle technologies for a long time. I kept watching and waiting. And waiting. I am happy that the situation has finally matured enough for me to jump in. I really believe that in the next decade the automotive industry is going to look a whole lot different than today. I am very happy to be able to participate in this transformation.