Date: Oct 23, 2023
Lexus is one of the world’s most respected luxury brands with decades of experience and engineering excellence. If you want to expand your driving horizons and enhance every drive in Greenwood Village, look into a hybrid, plug-in hybrid (PHEV), or EV from Lexus.
Lexus will be expanding its EV lineup in 2024 with its GX SUV and then its all-new NX PHEV or TX PHEV. However, you have plenty of options on our lot in Greenwood Village right now!
See what’s in store with our Lexus EV first-time buyer’s guide.
We’ll go over what to look for in an EV in detail. Whether you opt for a hybrid, PHEV, or all-electric EV, you’ll get a luxury vehicle that saves on gas and reduces your carbon footprint.
Owning a Lexus EV gives you the opportunity to reduce your overall costs of ownership. Say goodbye to oil changes, transmission fluid changes, spark plug replacements, and other maintenance tasks associated with internal combustion engines. However, you’ll need to keep an eye on the tires and brakes because EVs are heavier than comparably sized internal combustion engine models.
You’ll also need to install a special home charger to make charging in your Parker garage much easier. We highly recommend the ChargePoint® Home Flex system for home charging. You’ll need an electrician to install one in your Greenwood Village garage or carport. This is still cheaper than gasoline when you charge your EV overnight.
How often will you need public fast charging? That could cost you money as well, but in general, it’s lower than gas prices, which aren’t going down any time soon. Even charging at peak times can be less expensive than heading to a gas station.
The overall range between charges is a huge consideration for Lexus EV shoppers in the Castle Rock area. Luckily, the current Lexus all-electric EV gets plenty of range when you go for weekend getaways to your favorite beach, resort, mountain, hiking, or outdoor destination. A PHEV will get you to the office and back for daily commutes on electric-only power.
See the ranges and MPG of the Lexus hybrids, PHEVs, and the EV here.
The key to long journeys and even Greenwood Village-area driving is to map out your trip to make sure your EV will have plenty of power at the ready. There are many DC Fast Charging stations available to the public, with more on the way. Many major metropolitan areas and well-traveled interstate highways have public charging stations at key locations, making long trips possible. The Lexus app gives you easy and convenient access to ChargePoint stations on your route, allowing you to determine the best roads and highways to travel.
Prices will vary at these stations because electricity costs, just like gasoline prices, vary from city to city. Also, take into account how often you’ll use the air conditioner or heater because those run on electricity from the EV battery. Extremely hot or extremely cold temperatures may reduce the range of your Lexus EV considerably, so be sure to keep that in mind as you travel.
The battery warranty shows you how long you can expect your EV powerplant to perform at peak condition. Lexus offers a 10-year, 150,000-mile warranty on hybrid and EV batteries for vehicles made in 2020 or later.
Now that you know what to look for in an EV, climb into the cockpit of one of these world-class vehicles! Contact us, call , or schedule a test drive with our team. We’re happy to help in any way we can, and we’ll answer any of your questions about EV ownership.
