Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Toyota
A second Toyota RAV4 EV finds its way to eBay this month
Well, well, well. Who says you can't buy a Toyota RAV4 EV anymore? Earlier this month, a RAV4 EV sold on eBay for a paltry $46,000 (down from earlier RAV4 EV auctions that sold for over $60,000). Now there's another of these electric beauties on offer. This particular all-electric SUV is in Los Angeles, California and is currently bid up to abotu $16,000.
It seems every time an electric vehicle is for sale on eBay, the seller needs to explain why they're getting rid of this dream car (remember the Xebra from the transferred Air Force member?). This time 'round, the reason is the seller's job will require them to regularly drive outside the RAV4 EV's 100-mile range, so a new car is in order. The seller (who is also the vehicle's original owner, according to the description) has taken good care of the SUV, even going so far as to have it "professionally washed every week since acquisition". That's dedication.
[Source: eBay]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
steve 8:59PM (10/26/2006)
It looks like that baby is still in very good condition and costs low. I bet a lot of people would love to have that.
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Carl Trimble 11:53PM (10/26/2006)
Actually, the one that sold for $46,000.00 did not sell. The guy has been second chancing the EV to me for $27,000.00 all day long, over and over. He just keeps sending the second chance offers. Am I dumb for being very skeptical?
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David T 9:46AM (10/27/2006)
The second chance emails you are getting are from scammers, not Ebay nor the seller.
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Bill 10:50PM (10/27/2006)
Anyone that would pay over 15000 for that must not be all together. For one they are ugly and two who knows how reliable they are. I am sure if you had to replace the battery it is not worth it.
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Harry Myhre 11:26PM (10/27/2006)
I won a raffle at work a few years back. The "prize" was that Southern California Edison loaned me one of these babies for the weekend. Unfortunately, when they delivered it to work, the charge was only like 50%. And there was NO WHERE to charge the vehicle where I live. So I basically drove it to work one day and that was it, the charge was way down. I drove it out to the Chatsworth Metrolink station to try to charge the vehicle. I would have had to leave it there overnight to get it fully charged.
I feel this vehicle was kind of off target. the vehicle is fine in the gas powered version ( a little small though). But it was super heavy for an electric vehicle. I could sense that when I drove it. Electric vehicles need to be designed from the ground up as electric vehicles. I would be willing to deal with some tradeoffs to own an electric vehicle. I would not expect, nor would I want an electric vehicle to have the look and feel of a traditional vehicle.
Of course all of this is just my opinion!
YMMV
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Eli 3:12PM (11/14/2006)
That was our EV, and just to give you the postscript: it sold for $58,100.00
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