[raddan]

I have not driven the Mercedes but I have driven the Ioniq. It was a very nice vehicle. The showstopper for me was that it had no rear wiper. This seems like a minor thing, but I live in a part of New England where half of the roads are unpaved and during the winter the paved roads are heavily salted, so a wiper really is a necessity. The newest model now has this, but I already pulled the trigger on a new vehicle.

I ended up buying a Chevy Bolt during its final model year. This may be more of a reflection of my own history of buying inexpensive vehicles, but it is the best vehicle I have ever owned. I could not get over the price of the Ioniq. I just needed something that got me from point A to point B, and I wanted something that did so without gasoline. The Bolt far surpassed my requirements, and it was affordable. Honestly, I avoided American-made vehicles for a long time, having had bad experiences with the unreliability of a sequence of Dodges and Fords when I was younger. The Bolt changed my opinion about Chevrolet, although the CarPlay situation is pretty tragic…

[gilbetron]

FWIW, we bought an Ioniq 5 last spring, live in Michigan, and the lack of a rear wiper has been a non-issue completely. However, and this is a big caveat, I like the rearview camera and never use my rearview mirror as a mirror. Some people prefer the mirror, since the camera display requires you to shift your field of view in a weird way, and if you like the mirror, then the lack of a wiper would be a big deal. For me, I completely forget there is no rear wiper, and actually prefer it now as it makes cleaning snow off a tad bit easier!

[LightBug1]

You can add it to the old version, but the new version now has a wiper.

Bolt sounds good.

[rvnx]

Thank you!