Originally Posted by snippet off t'web this morning that got me thinking

“After one year of ownership, we would expect EV residual values to be above the segment average expressed in terms of values,” explains Andy Carroll, managing director at car valuation bible, Glass’s. “But if the battery is owned rather than leased, and without the appropriate warranty, the value of the typical EV will then fall dramatically until the vehicle is five years old, at which point the car will have a trade value little more than 10 per cent of the list price.”

It is expected that different car manufacturers will adopt different approaches to how they sell their electric vehicles, with Nissan planning to sell their Leaf outright and Renault examining the possibility of leasing the battery on their Fluence EV. Cars might no longer be something that you own outright, but something you use, cutting out the risks of depreciation as you simply pay for usage.