if you want a math-checks-out cheap EV, just get an older leaf.
* less than $3k *
use it around town for grocery-getting.
It won't have the original range, but for convenience it is very nice. Never visit the gas station. charge with 110. You can leave the AC on while you're in the store. very few things to maintain.
EDIT: actually a couple years back ~2015 or so, a 3-4 year old leaf could go for $7-8k because people were afraid of used EV batteries.
In comparison, used teslas seemed to hold their values better. But that was mostly because tesla understood and sort of propped up their used ev market. I think if tesla didn't buy back their cars, used EVs would have been less expensive all along.
A Leaf was our first EV. I still maintain that if I had kids of driving-age, this would be my ideal first-car for them. Short leash, easy to drive around, room for friends, but not much scope to get into big trouble with.
Holy cow they're cheap now. Note that they can be absurdly bad in cold/rainy weather -- which prompted the sale of ours in Portland. Our ostensibly "80mi" EV got about 22mi once before howling for a charge, and that spelled "Adios Sparky" for us :)
* less than $3k *
use it around town for grocery-getting.
It won't have the original range, but for convenience it is very nice. Never visit the gas station. charge with 110. You can leave the AC on while you're in the store. very few things to maintain.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/cta?auto_make_model=niss...
EDIT: actually a couple years back ~2015 or so, a 3-4 year old leaf could go for $7-8k because people were afraid of used EV batteries.
In comparison, used teslas seemed to hold their values better. But that was mostly because tesla understood and sort of propped up their used ev market. I think if tesla didn't buy back their cars, used EVs would have been less expensive all along.