The Expert Podcast

As more and more new electric vehicles come into the market the used car offerings for electric vehicles is also going to increase in fact it may be a good opportunity to buy a used car that's electric for a lot less than the discount of a gas car for example new car averages about 40 thousand dollars there's plenty of used electric vehicles for under 20. We did a video a couple weeks ago where the average used car price for a gas vehicle is 29 000 electric vehicles have not yet caught fire in the used car market so if you're in the market for a used vehicle an electric vehicle might be a way to save some money.

This is an article that talks about some of the best options for a used electric vehicle for under twenty thousand dollars and even under fifteen thousand dollars you have the chevrolet bolt um you have the nissan leaf um you also have the bmw i3 uh was an interesting car um that you could look at under twenty thousand dollars under fifteen thousand dollars you still have a couple options you have the nissan leaf and even some older prius vehicles are under fifteen thousand dollars it's not mentioned in the article but we see a lot of used prius vehicle available in the marketplace.

So if you're looking for a used car whether or not you wanted to get an ev or not the fact that electric vehicles in the used car market have not quite caught fire as much as gas vehicles might be a way to save a little money on the price in addition to whatever you save on gas cost of ownership over the next few years.
Just make sure you check out that battery make sure it's not burnt out or used up where it's going to have an expensive replacement make sure that battery's tested and it's good otherwise you can end up with a vehicle that's not worth anything but you'd have to check a gas car too to make sure the engine transmission are good just check the ev battery as much as you check the mechanicals on a regular internal combustion engine vehicle.