I might be going down the wrong path here but I noticed the marketplace seems pretty empty for brokers in and around Washington state. Am I missing something or do most folks just get cars shipped here?
Ideally looking at a Cadillac optiq or maybe a zdx. If anyone can point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it!
You need a CA broker who sells to WA customers.
If you find a zdx deal in PNW or find a broker please pass along, I’m in the same boat.
The last guy to try this on a Volvo got burned on regs for a while
Oh, was there a post about that? I must’ve missed it…
Ugh it was a Volvo, not a lexus
I’m in same boat. See a lot of “socal only!” posts. A broker willing to work in/with WA would clean up. Especially if they can cheaply source low-demand EVs in red states and simply/easily ship to this high-EV-demand state.
If anyone has a good contact please share.
Turns out red state people like cheap EV as well lol
These red states are probably more suitable for EV, housing is cheaper so they all got charger at home. And charging network here is not bad at all unless you go to the deep south ofc
Well he can skip that Volvo dealer 
We ship Volvos to WA often and don’t have registration problems 
Lol i was commenting on the Lease from CA part. MI likes leasing out of state
@IAC works with BMW in PNW. I know it’s not your listed brands. But could be worth looking into.
I just went to make this topic but you already did, please oh please can we get some brokers that know WA EV taxes! I’m trying to buy an EV, really almost any one, in Spokane and these dealers don’t know what they’re doing. There’s a Chevy dealer in town with four identical Blazer EVs that have been on the lot for 10 months and they refusing to discount anything off MSRP, and are trying to charge full tax on the sales price which isn’t even how leases are done in WA, let alone that an EV is exempt if under a certain price. They wanted nearly $800/mo for a Blazer EV!
Somebody please!
@IAC handles BMW in the PNW…they can help with a BMW EV
I’ve found that to be true too. Not only are most salespeople ignorant about the EVs on their lot, they also know absolutely nothing about WA sales tax exemptions.
Or they pretend to know nothing. I strongly suspect they charge the customer the full tax, and then deliver to the state the owed tax… and keep the difference.
How’s it calculated? I should be cautious on looking at the offers that dealers give me…
In WA, sales tax is applied to the monthly lease payment amount and not the full sale amount of the vehicle. I believe you also need to pay sales tax on the rebates. Additionally, EVs are exempt from sales tax if they are sold for under 45k - https://dol.wa.gov/vehicles-and-boats/taxes-and-fees/tax-exemptions-alternative-fuel-vehicles-and-plug-hybrids
- New vehicle transactions must not exceed $45,000 in purchase price or lease payments
So it would mean that if the lease total payment for my EV lease is under $45,000, the tax would not be there?
No. That’s what the law actually says but the DoR quickly “clarified” that the pre-rebate selling price of the car has to be less than $45k and the total of the lease payments is irrelevant.