How Cheap Can You Go Right Now?

Thargor

Just out of curiosity what's the lowest price you could pay to get an electric car on the road as a daily driver in Ireland right now? I think there was an okay looking Leaf for 8k on DD a while back?

ELM327

Below 5k if you're happy with either a battery lease Zoe or a leaf that's down to 10 or 9 bars

unkel

In the last few months there were a Mitsubishi i-MiEV and a Nissan Leaf (with Jap display) on DoneDeal both with an asking price of €3,500. Both were presumably bought for around the €3k mark. There is your answer. That's as cheap as it possibly gets to buy an EV. And don't even think about buying one with monthly lease payments. They are a fool's errand if your goal it to get the cheapest possible total cost of ownership even though you might be able to pick up a Renault Fluence ZE in the UK for around the GBP1,500 mark

Thargor

unkel wrote: »

In the last few months there were a Mitsubishi i-MiEV and a Nissan Leaf (with Jap display) on DoneDeal both with an asking price of €3,500. Both were presumably bought for around the €3k mark. There is your answer. That's as cheap as it possibly gets to buy an EV. And don't even think about buying one with monthly lease payments. They are a fool's errand if your goal it to get the cheapest possible total cost of ownership even though you might be able to pick up a Renault Fluence ZE in the UK for around the GBP1,500 mark

Wow thats nothing, very interesting. Must admit Ive been reading about electric cars daily for years and thats the first time I ever heard of that Mitsubishi.

unkel

There's not much point wasting your time reading up a lot more about the i-MiEV though

If your budget is really tight, hold out for an early Leaf (2011/2012). It will have a very good spec, but a cheap high miler will have significant battery degradation. Real life range down to maybe 60-70km (at best, not motorway, not winter). Yours likely for around the €4-€4.5k if you look closely for a month or two.

Or if you can up your budget to about €9k you can have a much improved (battery wise) 2014 Leaf which will have a real life range of 100km (at best, not motorway, not winter)

Thargor

I don't have any budget constraints really within reason its just looking like I might be sent to another of our sites in Blanchardstown for a few months and I was wondering if I could go electric for a while then sell it on again. There do seem to be a few options alright, wonder what things will be like in 5 years time.

Lantus

Can't see how a car that has a guaranteed range of 50 to 60km would be worth buying for a few months!??

The fuel costs would be fairly low..

Thargor

50-60km would be done on my roadbike, Id be looking for a bit more than that otherwise not worth the bother. Will the range really be that bad on the prices being discussed here?

unkel

Eh, yes. I'm not sure where you have been reading about EVs every day for the last few years, but it clearly wasn't on this forum on boards