For those who own a pure electric car;
Did you buy it with a lease for the battery or outright?
Read today that the Zoe has a c £70pcm on the battery which you need to pay even if you buy the car used... is this right?
If so it seems better value to buy a new Clio for £120pcm as thay comes with a engine you dont have to rent.
Battery lease cost depends on mileage. From memory, £70pcm gets you 6k miles (the min available is £40 for 4k miles). It is possible to buy a Renault with the battery. I can't remember the cost, but it obviously didn't appeal at the time. The conditions for replacing a degraded battery are also better under lease than warranty I seem to recall (and a buyer taking on a lease would also benefit from that when a warranty may have expired).
As with most things, it all rather depends on your personal circumstances and values. For me, it was a replace a 10 year old BMW 335i that we were only using for school runs in London. The fuel was costing more than £70pcm, and the servicing/maintenance costs were a lot higher. A Clio would have done the job, but I live in London with small children. The pollution (air and noise) IS bad. A bunch of electric vehicles creeping along at an average of 10mph at rush hour is more pleasant for everyone. Yes, I have a V8 and and classic as well, but combined they do about 4000 miles a year, at the weekends, out of town, so I
There is a novelty factor too. There's just something a bit more interesting about it as a driving/ownership experience than a 1l Clio (IMO).