Reasons to lease an electric car rather than buy: the batteries degrade over time, and even if they did not people would believe they did. A friend of mine rec

Reasons to lease an electric car rather than buy: the batteries degrade over time, and even if they did not people would believe they did. A friend of mine recently bought a Nissan Leaf with low miles on it for $9k. It was less than 5 years old and it cost more than $30k new. The original owner lost way more money on resale than he ever would have spent on a gas car in 5 years, including paying for the gas.