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From your use of kilometers, I’m guessing you’re not in the US. Feels like that’s a double whammy because: 1) The insane distances in the US are what make a Le
by mwint 3y ago
From your use of kilometers, I’m guessing you’re not in the US. Feels like that’s a double whammy because:
1) The insane distances in the US are what make a Leaf unusable as an only-car, reducing demand (and thus resale price)
2) I can’t do the math right now to figure out your electric rate, but my electricity is $0.1/kWh, or about $0.025 per mile (mile!) with pessimistic Leaf efficiencies.
Both of those are pretty strong headwinds vs. my situation.
- Marsymars 3y ago1) Canada. Similar distances, I expect resale price is more affected by supply of older models. The US had 115k Leafs sold through 2017, Canada had 5.5k sold through 2017, or about 40% on a per-capita basis. Not sure why such a discrepancy. (Though from a quick check, after currency conversion, the starting price of a 2023 Leaf in Canada is 8% higher than in the US before taxes. Compare to e.g. a Corolla which is 11% lower before taxes.) 2) 17¢/kWh in AB, though current rates would be either 23¢/kWh on a fixed-rate contract or current floating rates are in the 25¢/kWh range.