Nissan Leaf (40KWh Gen 2) - go on educate me

[SlowV6]

Hi All,

I confess I have not yet considered a pure EV, mainly on purchase price grounds. The only one I have ever considered is a used i3, although the range is a bit rubbish and would not allow my wife to get to the far reaches of Dorset and back (100miles max) for her work.

In terms of practicality with regards to charging we have no issues as we have a big driveway and space for a wall mounted charger if needed.

So this Leaf has appeared locally - it is a 2018 Tekna with a fairly chunky 76k miles. Price is £12.5k.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303135...

What is good and what is not about these and would 76K miles be offputting at all for an EV? Our safe-bet approach will be a small automatic petrol car of some type up to about the same budget.

Thanks

[Krikkit]

The mileage wouldn't worry me at all - the Leaf in particular is very well specced/built and Toyota-like in its reliability.

[Martyn76]

Don't think there is anything to be concerned about, best place to check would be here https://www.speakev.com.

[Fastdruid]

From what I gather about the Leaf is that it's really a "local" car, ideal for overnight charging and a regular commute within its range.

I know that applies to most EV's really but if you want to take it on longer trips and use rapid chargers the charging on it can be *slow* because of a lack of thermal management (ie no pre-heating). That doesn't mean you can't, just that it may take longer than a different brand EV (and of course substantially longer than a ICE if you're going for a really long trip).

A quick google on the subject: https://yourmotorguide.com/nissan-leaf-charging-pr...

[GreatGranny]

I had the original Leaf and ran it to 90k miles with zero issues.

It was very solid and all I needed during nearly 3 years ownership was a new set of tyres.
It was even on it's original brake pads.

I did test the MK2 and it felt very similar with a bit more go and range.
£100 more per month to Lease meant it didn't stack up.

[Shabaza]

Best value money EV (used wise)
THe only downside, if memory serves correctly is theyre air cooled as opposed to liquid cooled batteries.
So battery life, theoretically, is lower.
However, I have seeen cabbies with 130-140k mileage and still report a range of about 120-130 comfortably in summer.

The Tekna is a great spec with 360 camera, front and rear heated seats and gen2 has applecarplay/android auto

Full charge at home should take 16 hours.
8 hours overnight is 50%. wouldnt bother fitting home charger, maybe an external 3pin port

[SlowV6]

Thank you very much all. Very interesting reading indeed.. There is another one (about 40 miles away) with 26kmiles less on it for only £500 more that is nice looking. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303195... This one has its own YouTube video from the previous sale if you google the number plate.

Time to mull.

[Downward]

Mad to see how the prices have dropped on these.

[duff]

Values seem to have levelled off in the last few months after taking a battering.

[samoht]

Downward said:

Mad to see how the prices have dropped on these.

Maybe down from £12-13k then to £9-10k today, for 50-75k miles 2018/19 cars.

I have a sense that other EVs have actually lost more than that proportionally through 2023, the Stellantis cars have lost a third or more I think typically.

I have the sense the early Ioniqs are a better bet than the Leaf, but I know they have their fans.


There was a definite 'price correction' for EVs last year. I'd expect to see more normal rates of depreciation through this year, as they've found a level now where there are interested buyers. I guess more EVs will continue to come off leases, although the number of two and three year old cars may be lower than normal due to the chip shortages hitting production in 2021-22. So values should continue to decline, but without the big drop seen last year.

[Gas1883]

I was looking around these while having my car mot,d , had a 74 plate with 10 miles for £16,950 , seems cheap , wasn’t really looking at these but has got me thinking .