I suspect both a revised lower upfront discount to Motability now that they are a “known” brand and, frankly, poor residual values of what is seen by most as a cheap chinese car.
Funnily enough, the list of biggest discounted EVs all featured cars with smaller batteries, people still have range anxiety. The exception, the iPace is woefully inefficient & has had a range of quality and breakdown issues. My Soul EV with 64Kw has a 20 mile longer real world range than the iPace with 90Kw. My brother in law has one, we were comparing them last summer – he felt smug with his 400hp, till I pointed out he drove slower than me because his range was poop…
In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.