Kia EV6 (Light) or Lexus ES 300h 豪華版: which is the better deal?

By the EVCostIQ research team · checked line by line against our public methodology · every source on this page is dated

As of 2026/07/01: over 5 years in Taiwan (15,000 km/year), the Lexus ES 300h 豪華版 is still the cheaper choice — about NT$1,511,631, which is NT$163,151 less than the Kia EV6 (Light) at NT$1,674,782.

EV tax relief (extended through 2030): contrary to the widespread claim that it 'expires at the end of 2025', the Legislative Yuan passed a third reading on 2025-12-23 amending the 貨物稅條例 (Commodity Tax Act) and 使用牌照稅法 (Vehicle License Tax Act), extending the EV commodity-tax exemption to 2030-12-31 and authorizing local governments to keep waiving the vehicle license tax until the same deadline. On the commodity tax: the taxable value is fully exempt up to NT$1,400,000; any portion above NT$1.4M gets no exemption (it is taxed at the normal rate). Because passenger-car commodity tax is a percentage of the vehicle price, this is a saving built into the sticker price, not a fixed cash grant — so we enter it in the model as NT$0, for reference only, and do not fold it into the total cost above. The vehicle license tax is excluded for both EVs and gas cars to keep the comparison fair, but it is a genuine annual advantage for EVs (gas-car license tax runs about NT$7,120–30,000+/year depending on engine displacement, from about NT$11,000 in the 2.0L bracket). Sources: CNA 中央社 / Liberty Times 自由財經 (third reading, 2025-12-23) · electrify.tw, as of 2026/07/01. Be sure to confirm the latest terms before you buy.