Nissan Leaf At £6k - Running Costs ?

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Considering an EV for my wife she covers 10k a year and a 50 mile range would be fine most days

A quick look on AT shows a couple of Leafs at circa £6k with 80k and owning the battery

Doing some very basic calcs it costs £1500 in petrol and £200 tax to run her current car (presumably tyres, mot etc will be comparable to the Leaf)

So how much will I save running a Leaf ?

What are the risks of an older EV as a quick google suggests battery life is fairly stable

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jjwilde said:

Batteries seem sold, check it comes with the 8 year guarantee.

As they are all 2011 models at this price - they are out of guarantee

If I have to rent them, then half the potential saving is gone.

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Thanks

So £1700 - £350 = £1350 saving a year

Paid for itself in 4.5 yrs

Unless the heater goes

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LasseV said:

What about battery pack?

Everything I've seen says they only fail progressively and that generally they are holding up well - obviously I'd check before buying

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lost in espace said:

The 24kwh is less prone to degradation than a 30. There is a gen 1 on the Leaf facebook page for £8k asking price 2013, but prices are definitely dropping at the moment.

Yes it seems a decent 2011 £6k+, 2013 £8k+

So depreciation is circa £1k / yr which may be on a par with other modern cars but I'm used to older, effectively non depreciating cars - she'll have to go and try one.