“Factor in the greatly increased cost of a second hand Leaf (2014 at around £8K) and it would take me about 6 years before I started seeing any savings, and by that time I'd probably need to replace the batteries.”
Please stop thinking the batteries will need replacing, they won’t, they are outperforming all expectations and 10 year old batteries are still at 90% plus state of health.
If the car is kept for several years the overall costs of ownership are way cheaper than ice cars as there’s no engine, exhaust, cat, radiator or other components to need replacing.
I have three customers with Nissan Leafs purchased two years or more old. None of them can get more than 70 miles in the best possible conditions, i.e. daylight, no heating or aircon etc. The batteries may not have to be replaced but they are nothing like 90% of the claim.
Nick
