On 5 Oct 2013 at 6:02, [email protected] wrote: > For the cost of pack payments you could lease a Nissan Leaf.
Probably so, but you wouldn't own the Leaf. I saw what happened with the GM EV1 and Honda EV-plus. I will never trust an automaker with an EV lease. > > Pack financing sounds like a risky business to be in. It would be hard to > repossess a pack, and then even harder to sell the used pack. Renault is leasing the battery for their Zoe. But I guess that's different from what you're talking about. I wouldn't lease an EV, but I probably WOULD lease its battery. If they refused to renew the lease and took it away as GM and Honda did with their leased EVs, I could still hack in a different battery and keep using the EV. > You'd have to pay such high prices for that business model [battery > leasing] to work that I imagine you'd be much better off saving your > money and paying cash for the pack. You'll ALWAYS be money ahead to do that. When you lease, there's profit for the leasing company figured into the equation. But EV batteries are expensive. Paying ~$100 a month evens out the cost for the person who lives paycheck to paycheck. And as a bonus, if the battery's capacity falls below a guaranteed level, you get another battery without having to cough up several thousand dollars. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
