We just sold our 2014 Leaf S. We had it since it was new. It was one of four we leased or owned. The others were a 2011 SL, a 2013 S and a 2020 SV+. We return the 2011 at the end of the lease. Our son now owns the 2013, which has about 80,000 miles and is going strong. We sold the 2020 to friends as a second car to their Tesla in 2022 after tiring of the abysmal public charging infrastructure and replaced it with a used Tesla.
Our 2014 was a great second car for local use. It had almost 90,000 miles and had lost one bar. No significant repairs. Unfortunately, a full size Chevy Crew Cab backed into it in a parking lot. It was not worth fixing, so we sold it for salvage. We're still negotiating about the value, but I expect we'll get about $4,000.
It's a buyer's market for used EV's, especially Teslas. We bought a 2019 Tesla Model 3 with 26,000 miles from a friend for $20,000 and got a $4,000 tax credit, so we now have two Teslas.
We got the CCS retrofit for both Teslas. We paid $350 for the retrofits. They just dropped the price to $250. With the retrofit, we can charge at any working public charging station. No other EV will be able to do that for a while. Leafs, even with the costly CCS adapter, will never be able to.
While we do over 95% of our charging at home with two Level 2 EVSE's, we want to take a road trip with minimal concern about charging. In two years of Teslas, public charging has not been a problem.
What ever you think about Elon, Tesla has consistently got public charging right. We tend to keep cars for a long time, our longest was a 1990 Subaru we drove for 21 years until we got our first Leaf. Our next car will probably not be a Tesla, if we can get as reliable public charging. It won't be a Nissan as Nissan had given the corporate middle finger to Leaf owners.
Rick in Portland
Our 2014 was a great second car for local use. It had almost 90,000 miles and had lost one bar. No significant repairs. Unfortunately, a full size Chevy Crew Cab backed into it in a parking lot. It was not worth fixing, so we sold it for salvage. We're still negotiating about the value, but I expect we'll get about $4,000.
It's a buyer's market for used EV's, especially Teslas. We bought a 2019 Tesla Model 3 with 26,000 miles from a friend for $20,000 and got a $4,000 tax credit, so we now have two Teslas.
We got the CCS retrofit for both Teslas. We paid $350 for the retrofits. They just dropped the price to $250. With the retrofit, we can charge at any working public charging station. No other EV will be able to do that for a while. Leafs, even with the costly CCS adapter, will never be able to.
While we do over 95% of our charging at home with two Level 2 EVSE's, we want to take a road trip with minimal concern about charging. In two years of Teslas, public charging has not been a problem.
What ever you think about Elon, Tesla has consistently got public charging right. We tend to keep cars for a long time, our longest was a 1990 Subaru we drove for 21 years until we got our first Leaf. Our next car will probably not be a Tesla, if we can get as reliable public charging. It won't be a Nissan as Nissan had given the corporate middle finger to Leaf owners.
Rick in Portland
