Yes, me. I did it, but I enjoyed the EV and will very likely buy another. I bought a used gen 1 Leaf (2 model years old) in 2013 and traded it in for an ICE VW

Yes, me. I did it, but I enjoyed the EV and will very likely buy another. I bought a used gen 1 Leaf (2 model years old) in 2013 and traded it in for an ICE VW in 2019 after I was faced with the decision to either buy a new gem 1 Leaf battery pack at full price (it was out of warranty so 0% pro-rated) or get another car. The car I wanted at the time was a VW and I didn’t think the e-Golf was a mature enough platform. I can’t explain why I didn’t go with another brand EV except that I like to buy used with very low miles and only 2-3 years old (my preferred sweet spot of value). As mentioned elsewhere, the gen 1 Leaf had inferior battery management which likely contributed to the shorter battery life and lower battery value. I was also a little peeved that gen 2 and 3 battery packs were not available for the gen 1 body/drivetrain so it felt like an inferior investment to put 50% of the original purchase price into a new battery pack and still have to deal with the same old car body. It was also getting a little tiresome to have to remember to charge it _every_ day. A gen 3 would have avoided this issue and charging stations at my work place would have alleviated some of the anxiety of forgetting to plug it in (only happened 2 times, but both impacted my ability to commute).