Buying out Renault Zoe/Nissan leafs battery lease
Discussion
Hi all,
I've just moved close to Brighton (where I work) and now commuting to and from the city at a crawl. I currently have a manual Astra K diesel as I used to live much further away so the diesel was good for the commute. Now though, I'm just sat at traffic lights crawling to and from work. It's become apparent how much of a luxury an auto would actually be. I've considered auto versions of the astra as I don't actually mind it but I have been thinking that now might be the chance to get an EV. I have an 18 mile round trip to work. A 60 mile round trip to visit friends/family back 'home' so a Renault Zoes/Nissan leafs range could easily cover this. However I don't really have much spare money to throw at it (as I've just depleted a lot of my savings on buying my house closer to Brighton). I'd literally be looking to trade my current car in (I have about 4k I could add) so probably a budget of around 11-12k in total. Most of the Zoe's I've seen without the battery lease are around 14k, so over budget. But there are some far cheaper ones but I don't want the battery lease. The money I'll save on fuel will be spent on the lease! How willing is Renault/nissan to allow you to buyout the battery lease? I've found a few old articles online, but would can't find anything current. If anyone can help/has had experience that would be great!
I've just moved close to Brighton (where I work) and now commuting to and from the city at a crawl. I currently have a manual Astra K diesel as I used to live much further away so the diesel was good for the commute. Now though, I'm just sat at traffic lights crawling to and from work. It's become apparent how much of a luxury an auto would actually be. I've considered auto versions of the astra as I don't actually mind it but I have been thinking that now might be the chance to get an EV. I have an 18 mile round trip to work. A 60 mile round trip to visit friends/family back 'home' so a Renault Zoes/Nissan leafs range could easily cover this. However I don't really have much spare money to throw at it (as I've just depleted a lot of my savings on buying my house closer to Brighton). I'd literally be looking to trade my current car in (I have about 4k I could add) so probably a budget of around 11-12k in total. Most of the Zoe's I've seen without the battery lease are around 14k, so over budget. But there are some far cheaper ones but I don't want the battery lease. The money I'll save on fuel will be spent on the lease! How willing is Renault/nissan to allow you to buyout the battery lease? I've found a few old articles online, but would can't find anything current. If anyone can help/has had experience that would be great!
It would seem they can in France....
https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/04/french-renault...
With regards to buying, autotrader has 16 plate ones for sale £7-9k (no idea if that is with a battery or not)
https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/04/french-renault...
With regards to buying, autotrader has 16 plate ones for sale £7-9k (no idea if that is with a battery or not)
Says battery owned in the description so I assume this is what you’re looking for?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
You need to looking for a "i" in the zoe's description, but double check as could be mis-described, for an owned battery.
Nissan stopped selling battery leases in 2018.
Bear in mind a 22kw battery will only give about 90 miles range, the current 40kw about 180miles.
This is the problem, EVs are not just affordable to most people yet, especially for any decent ranged used examples.
From reading the Zoe OC, there have been no known battery buy outs in the UK, but I'd enquire at Renault first to see if a possibility.
Certainly we've gone for battery ownership on our Zoe, to make reselling a much better deal for us.
Nissan stopped selling battery leases in 2018.
Bear in mind a 22kw battery will only give about 90 miles range, the current 40kw about 180miles.
This is the problem, EVs are not just affordable to most people yet, especially for any decent ranged used examples.
From reading the Zoe OC, there have been no known battery buy outs in the UK, but I'd enquire at Renault first to see if a possibility.
Certainly we've gone for battery ownership on our Zoe, to make reselling a much better deal for us.
Edited by SpikeBmth on Sunday 16th June 12:19
I bought the battery in my 2014 Leaf at the end of the PCP.
I'd had a 4 year PCP and Nissan clearly didn't want the car back as they offered the whole thing to me, including the battery for £7k at 0% finance over 3 years.
Breakdown was £4.5k for the car and £2.5k for the battery.
That was a year ago, I think the low point of Leaf values. A quick look on Autotrader shows you won't get such a car for anything like that price, even privately. About £9,500 for a car similar to mine seems to be the going rate and there are only two at main dealers across the entire country under £10k.
Even WBAC is at £7,500 for mine, so if I got rid of it tomorrow I'd be £500.00 up on the deal, having had use of the car for a year, and paying just a few quid in electricity.
I won't be selling it though, and there will be a floor to its value of around £5k I reckon because there will always be people who drive 40-50 miles every day, five days per week. 1,000 miles per month equals about £130 in fuel compared to £30 in electricity. A car with £0 VED, little to go wrong, very comfortable and cheap to insure "earning" £100/month would be a "no brainer" for many.
I'd had a 4 year PCP and Nissan clearly didn't want the car back as they offered the whole thing to me, including the battery for £7k at 0% finance over 3 years.
Breakdown was £4.5k for the car and £2.5k for the battery.
That was a year ago, I think the low point of Leaf values. A quick look on Autotrader shows you won't get such a car for anything like that price, even privately. About £9,500 for a car similar to mine seems to be the going rate and there are only two at main dealers across the entire country under £10k.
Even WBAC is at £7,500 for mine, so if I got rid of it tomorrow I'd be £500.00 up on the deal, having had use of the car for a year, and paying just a few quid in electricity.
I won't be selling it though, and there will be a floor to its value of around £5k I reckon because there will always be people who drive 40-50 miles every day, five days per week. 1,000 miles per month equals about £130 in fuel compared to £30 in electricity. A car with £0 VED, little to go wrong, very comfortable and cheap to insure "earning" £100/month would be a "no brainer" for many.
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