Things to Know When Buying a Used Electric Car (ENG) - Marek Drives

Nothing can go wrong in an EV... Until it does. How to buy a second hand EV? Let's find out together.
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[@Denis-tm5js]

Great tips, they will come in handy in the future when the market will be full of them.

[@markpiekarski77]

Well done ✅ Marek. So much useful information

[@bikeman123]

Good luck getting a dealer to fully charge the battery. Accessing the diagnostics should be much easier, until then secondhand evs wont sell well.

[@kevinn1158]

Used EV prices are dropping off a cliff here in Canada yet new car sale prices are still really high. Very odd. A lot of good info here Marek. I wonder if it would be popular to get into specific issues reported with popular models.... I was glancing at used Etrons thinking my god those matrix lights probably cost a fortune to replace. Anyways, have a great weekend!

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Matrix headlights are generally complex and expensive. Entire cars get stolen for parts or have headlight units stolen. You don't want to approach any of those higher-end cars once they are out of warranty. Hence resale value is low.

[@kevinn1158]

@@MarekDrivesENG It’s just a roll of the dice. Totally agree.

[@DennisBloodnokPhotographyVideo]

Interesting video with some useful information for the potential buyer of a used EV (example myself). Another useful topic would be if you were to cover used plug in hybrid vehicles.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

I think the traction battery maintenance and condition will apply to PHEVs as well. With the added complexity and (un)reliability of ICE :)

[@OdubuUzezi]

Thanks for your help please I need to buy 4th Gen Toyota Prius prime dose Worth buying because I have the 2nd gen.now but want to upgrade to the 4th Gen

[@andreiroibu1442]

Used car (eg Toyota Yaris) vs new Dacia Sandero Stepway full option for the same money.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Yes. But for (sub)urban driving an EV will potentially save you some money on congestion, parking, etc. fees, as well as fuel, as electricity can be cheaper than gas, especially when you have solar.

[@BotsisAnargyros]

​@@MarekDrivesENGI drive on LPG and the costs are 6-7 cents per kilometer and price per litre is 60 cents . EV charging if you can't charge at home and have to use public faculties at least in sunny Greece it's 70 to 75 cents per KWh which is similar costs to running a Euro 6d final spec Diesel or a small petrol car like a Kia Picanto or Panda

[@Ambienfinity]

Excellent advice, Marek. I would have said the chances of me buying an EV were zero until recently, but I've now got an Ioniq hybrid, and love the way it runs when just on the electric motor. The refinement is a real draw. In the fullness of time I may go for a Model 3 -- here in the UK Tesla's charging infrastructure is way ahead of anyone else's.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Yeah, as far as I'm concerned Tesla is synonymous with EV. Everything else is probably better at being a car, but nothing beats Tesla at being the best EV.

[@Ambienfinity]

@@MarekDrivesENG And that's where they score - part of the deficiency of their design and build is offset by their investment in charging.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

The latter may not be true soon bearing in mind recent abrupt lay offs in Tesla's supercharger department :)

[@principsus]

Good for you, because you have Tesla official dealers in UK. In my country no official Tesla dealers that means: sky high insurance cost and no option for official maintenance. So Tesla car is not an option for me

[@Ambienfinity]

@@MarekDrivesENG True - that's why I'm sticking with my self-charging hybrid for now. It's amazing how much time it spends in EV mode.

[@MrChipcho]

We should talk one day about the EV tires and how much more often you change them in comparison to ICE cars because they are under way more stress from the car weight and to some extent acceleration. Some "pure" EV tires (high load, small side wall) are more expensive due to extra reinforcement and sound insulation. In some cases electric vehicle's tires have half the life time of an ICE vehicle, something people going for electric should know before they buy. On the bright side, tire companies are absolutely celebrating electric vehicles.

[@BotsisAnargyros]

You change tyres every 2nd year after the summer with regular cheap tyres and you are good to go. You don't have to buy expensive Pireli even Ling Long tyres do the job especially if you don't drive around like a F1 driver

[@AHarker100]

I've bought one, bargain at the moment.

[@10mbc]

I am more afraid of buying a used ev than a TDI Passat from Eastern Europe

[@MarekDrivesENG]

🤣 Fun fact: Eastern Europe buys those Passats from Western Europe, so by the time they get here, they are sort of fixed.

[@10mbc]

@@MarekDrivesENG I'm from Romania so I would know. I have lived here for a long time and I have never seen a good Passat that is over 10 years old. Also, I would not buy an EV because if the battery is bad it's just the end of the line for that car. On a Passat you would need maybe 4000 euro to replace the turbo, the EGR, the injectors, the DPF and clean everything up but, after that, you would have a half decent car. On an old EV there is basically nothing to do to make work in the long run but to replace a very expensive battery. I am too poor to buy cheap things. If I take the decission to get an EV, I would buy it new and suffer the initial financial blow but, at least for the 8 years of battery warranty I know that I can use it in peace. If know, I will buy a used ICE car that I know I have a chance to repair in case something goes wrong. Or, the optiun I picked again, a new ICE car that has a mild hybrid battery. Buying a car while you love cars, live in Romania and also need to be financially responsible is a hell of a task and, for the moment, it does not include an EV.

[@Mr11ESSE111]

when you buy used EV (3 or more years old) you better have at least under pillow 15000euro savings for problems and repairs

[@davidspencer7254]

Oh what a surprise. .... Not.

[@markdean3217]

Electric ❗️- OFF

[@davidmehlhorn726]

Best advice on buying an EV..........DON'T!!! Unless you like huge depreciation, long charging times, unrealistic range, battery degradation, fires you can't put out etc etc etc

[@Verbindungs]

I totally and wholeheartedly second that.

[@AHarker100]

Bad for new purchases, great secondhand. Did you not watch the video?

[@ThePetrolhead94]

You sound like you know your stuff

[@redxfleetfleet7232]

ICE vehicles were catching fire well before EVs and still do. They both will destroy the car. Yes, an EV is more intense. But Fires are fires. We just have put a claim in for an ICE MB fire. Most buying EVs are more Company run private vehicle with already write downs built into the lease as well as bonuses and FBT exempt values taken into account. Making a secondhand purchase worthwhile. If you have solar on your roof and mainly want to travel within 400KLM its all free. On long trips everyone wants to pee and stretch. 2x 20 minutes will get you most likely to your destination. Otherwise, you are risking fatigue. And I am quoting from an Australian point of view. Both on distance and fires.