Agree with nearly all your points,
@nheather. And I considered depreciation before placing my order. But my thinking was that I could wait and wait and wait, and I wanted to replace the ageing Diesel ASAP, so I bit the bullet.
You should also look at the used price market for the NIssan Leaf, which has not had any shortage, for a better idea.
Difficult to say whether the MG will fair well or badly. It's not a car for me because my next EV will have 200+ miles of range and minimum 100kwh rapid charging speed. The VW ID.3, for example. Although I'd go for a Model 3 if I could afford it. Which I definitely can't.
I disagree that 12 months makes an EV old tech. Maybe 3 years. The first gen Ioniq is still the cheapest EV + efficiency combination on the road and the 2019 second gen has a 35% bigger battery but only has a few minor cosmetic and feature improvements, rendered worthless by the botched rapid charging throttling.
The standard tech features like
- adaptive cruise control
- active lane assist
- blind spot detection
- autonomous emergency braking
plus niceties like
- heated and cooled seats
- heated steering wheel
- electric drivers seat with 2 memory positions
are all there in the
So I'm keeping mine for a while, yet.
I would enjoy an app to remotely see the state of charge and to program a charging schedule.
And a panoramic sunroof. But these are first world issues.
Personally I think it's a mistake to have anything less than 100kwh charging, now. Faster rapid charging is a key way forward, I think, because it means less time using the congested public charging network (which will have to be 150 or 300 kwh charging anyway) and makes EV refuelling closer to what piston car users are used to.
Not receiving anything from MG. Conspiracy theories more interesting than the boring truth, which is that the evidence I've seen is that it's a popular EV and it seemed like a good idea to spend a few quid and a few hours to start a forum for it.