I am not understanding why the projected resale price would be causing an issue. According to autotrader a low mileage, 3 year old version are on sale for almost the same price a new one!
Obviously the resale values of all vehicles is high at the moment. If we look three or five years into the future I don’t think there will be much demand for a 50kWh battery sized Berlingo or a diesel Grand Tourneo.
Resale values in the 2nd hand market are historically high due to numerous factors such as shortages with computer chips, along with other raw materials. For example Ukraine use to make wiring harnesses for many of the European manufacturers. Many new cars coming through today often have electrical items missing, making the car a much lower spec than it previously was. This as also driven up used values as, a 2 or 3 year old car will often include these, such as heated seats etc, making them a much better optionespecially in higher trim models.
Battery technolgy is advancing, the chemistry used in the make up of a battery is allowing manufactures to condense more engery in near equivulent sizes, which means more range between charges. For example todays 50kw batteries for xample may have 100Wh per Kg, where as newer technologies such as semi solid state allow energy to be condensed so that a near equivulent battery can hold 200Wh per Kg = more range for example. Companies like Catl, BYD and WeLion are already producing semi solid batteries. In time this will progress to fully solid state batteries. So this will have a knock on effect in the used market.
ICE – petrol diesel vehicles, no one fully knows how much this will affect their 2nd values after the 2030 ban on the sale of new ICE powered vehicles. However the bandoes not include previously registered vehicles and its estimated they will still be on our roads into the early 2040’s. Not everyone however will be able to afford a electric car so these vehicles may be an attractive option to some. Currently diesels are the lowest selling out of all fuel options so 2nd hand values ay be hit.