Since you appear to be the owner of a company, I think one route you could explore would be to contact Toyota as a "fleet purchaser". While they will not sell to consumers outside of 25 or so dealerships in Calfiornia, they will sell to fleet buyers. It looks like you could qualify, without having to lie, which is what some have to do I think (though I think they have to do their homework to ask around to see what qualifies people to Toyota as fleet buyers).
Another choice, if you wanted a pickup, might be if you were very persistent you might be able to purchase one of the S-10 Pickups that Chevy sold, rather than leased. There are only a few hundred, and GM is trying to take them back and crush them (I think) just as with the leased EV1's. But if you tried hard, you might acquire one. However, there is evidence that GM is trying to not support repair of them any longer, and I am skeptical that someone should buy one of these unless they really understood this. I spoke to an owner recently who had to have a repair that is known to come up, and his dealer had been instructed not to repair things after that time. Lastly, there is such a thing as a Ford Ranger EV and once in a great while people have been known to get them. Don't know if it's state-limited or if they're sold as well as leased. jl >Does anyone have any experience in getting any of the factory EV's >outside of CA or AZ? I live in Northern Virginia and I'm specifically >interested in the GM EV-1 or Toyota RAV4 EV. I've looked at all of the >hybrids and, while interesting designs and quite efficient, I'm >primarily interested in a pure EV. > >If anyone has any experience in getting EV's outside of CA please let me >know. > >Thanks, >Norm > > >Norm Laudermilch >Executive Vice President and Co-Founder >SoftVFR, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
