DarthPuppy said:
I would suspect that due to the reputation of Leaf battery degradation in the Phoenix/Tucson climate, that the resale value in that market is so low that any trade ins get put onto a truck and shipped elsewhere. The buyer in another market won't be wise to the degradation issue and will overpay enough so that the shipping expense still results in more profit than trying to sell it locally in the original market.
Be careful not to buy a car from a cooler climate that was shipped there from a hot climate.
I flew into Phoenix this morning (super hot) and drove to Tucson (~110 miles from PHX airport to Tucson) before going on the tour at https://titanmissilemuseum.org/ (another ~25 minute drive). Tomorrow, I'm going to https://pimaair.org/ and the boneyard tour: https://pimaair.org/tour-boneyard/.
Man... it his hot in Tucson, as well. Was over 105 F in the day and 89 F right now at 9:38 pm.
I was rather tired and focused on making it to my hotel and to the last tour of the day. I only noticed one EV, a blue gen 1 Leaf w/black interior, so it had to be model year 2013 to 2017. Was in Tucson this afternoon on Valencia (IIRC). Not surprisingly, EVs don't seem real popular here from my observations, so far.
I really can't recommend people buy 24 kWh Leafs here. Even 30+ kWh Leafs w/8 year/100K capacity warranty.... hope one is able to lose enough capacity to get a replacement pack at least once.