It’s not a new thing that used is financially better than new. There’s a significant level of depreciation that happens just because the car isn’t new anymore. When 3 year’s depreciation is between 40% and 75% and lease costs have to cover that before profit and other expenses, it’s got to be expensive.
There has to be a sweet spot where depreciation has taken a big bite out of the purchase price yet there’s plenty of warranty remaining, especially on an EV where the high voltage systems can be rather expensive.
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