Probably doesn’t help that the leaf has made a name for itself for battery degradation due to previous model’s lacking any sort of thermal battery management, so they probably see some of the worst depreciation due to that association.
It is a price trend for all EVs though: probably also caused by no one wanting a swasticar, and then other brands similar second hand EVs prices tend to follow Teslas, as not everyone cares about being associated with Nazis, so they are competing on price somewhat. Then there’s also Chinese EVs that are crazy cheap new…
Used EVs plummet like rocks. You can get a 6 year old Leaf for $8K or less.
Probably doesn’t help that the leaf has made a name for itself for battery degradation due to previous model’s lacking any sort of thermal battery management, so they probably see some of the worst depreciation due to that association.
It is a price trend for all EVs though: probably also caused by no one wanting a swasticar, and then other brands similar second hand EVs prices tend to follow Teslas, as not everyone cares about being associated with Nazis, so they are competing on price somewhat. Then there’s also Chinese EVs that are crazy cheap new…