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Anyone here on a 2nd hand EV? What has the buying/ ownership experience been like so far? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Anything, really. But of particular interest is how the range holds up from the original stated, powertrain degradation if any, and other general stuff like fit and finish, electronic gremlins, weather effects etc. Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Second hand Renault Zoe user here. I have the model from 2020 with 52kWh battery. Things are pretty ok I think as far as the interior and exterior, but we had major issue with the engine that had to be swapped (good the car was under warranty still in the dealership we bought it from). For the rest it's pretty smooth ride. The range of the car in spring/summer gets to about 350km so its pretty good. The SOH is 91.3%. Ranault's warranty on battery is still active until 2028 or 80 000km or when battery's SOH drops below 75% so for now I am not worried about this. I think once the battery gets low and outside of warranty there will most certainly be more developed infrastructure of third-party battery module maintenance so it should be possible to get the pack to it's original state for not gigantic sums of money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How is it that this EU Electric car can go almost 250 miles on a charge, while our comparable Nissan leaf gets like 80 tops?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Battery size I think here is the difference. Leaf, specially the old ones come with 22kwh battery. My Zoe is 52kWh. Think newer Leafs also come with 52/64kwh packs but are much more expensive then Zoe. At least that was the case when I was researching it when buying a car last year.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, that's a very neat car. Some of the EVs are getting really large.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah. I did quite some research and found Zoe to be the best price for range while not being a giant expensive suv. I think specially on european roads its pretty good choice.