Valdemar said:ILETRIC said:Anyone's guess, I suppose. Mine: about 5,000 bucks. A loss total of 20,000 dollars. This is why I've leased Spark EV and now Soul EV. No more buying EVs until many years from now when the tech stabilizes.
For those who bought, like myself, this math doesn't quite work out the same. Even if the price falls as low as you predict it would still be less expensive to keep the Leaf for 3 more years than leasing another car, provided you can still make it work. This is my plan, I will put about 120k miles on mine after 6 years, then even if I have to "unload" it at 5k I will have saved enough in gas so overall it won't be to bad. The depreciation rate has slowed down a lot for older Leafs, and my guess I will be able to do better than 5k then.
We bought the 2011. I figure I already saved enough on gas to pay for a new battery. Plan to keep the car for as long as it still makes the RT commute of 25 miles. Like you said the key is how long can you make the limited range work.