Recently, many electric cars have experienced a steep drop in value, and according to Kvdbil, some models have almost lost half their purchase price in just three years.
The fact that a car has already lost a lot of value does not mean that it is immune to large losses in the future as well, even if these will probably be smaller in kroner and ören.
Kvdbil has produced forecasts of how some popular models will fare in the future.
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Nissan and Audi have lost the most
In its survey, Kvdbil looked at electric cars from 2021, and the two big culprits in terms of hydrogen loss in the first three years were the Nissan Leaf E+ 62 kWh and the Audi e-Tron quattro 55.
The Nissan Leaf had lost a whopping 44 percent in value since it was new, which was more than any other model. The Audi e-Tron had lost the most in terms of kroner with a loss of 415,900 kroner.
The electric cars that had held their value the best were the bestseller Volkswagen ID.4 which had lost just 18 percent, followed by the Tesla Model 3 with a loss of 21 percent.
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Leaf continues to drop
When looking at which cars are expected to lose the most value over the next three years, after another 4,500 miles have been put on the odometer, the worst-off is still the Nissan Leaf.
It is estimated to lose 37 percent of what it is worth today over the next three years. In second place we find the Renault Zoe, which is expected to lose 35 percent.
The Audi e-Tron is no longer expected to be at the top in terms of depreciation with a loss of 30 percent.
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An unexpected turn
For most models, the depreciation is expected to taper off, and be lower over the next three years than during the cars’ first three years on the road.
However, this does not apply to the Volkswagen ID.4, Tesla Model 3, Seat Mii and Volvo XC40 Recharge, which were the four models that lost the least percentage value in their first three years.
They lost between 18 and 27 percent in their first years, and are expected to lose between 28 and 25 percent in the next three years.
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