Went to a dealership today to check out a 2013 Nissan Leaf SL with 73,000 miles. It was in good shape, and the guess-o-meter showed 25 miles range at 50% charge. There were 7 bars (out of 12) left on the battery health. Asking price was $7,000.
I had the fortune of working with an older salesman, and those guys either read their customers better, or just don't have the energy to give the sleazy, manipulative, high pressure sales pitch. When asked what I thought, I threw him a tentative number, and he said it sounded like something they could work with. Then he came back and said it just sold to someone else that had come just prior to me.
Oh well, I didn't know how to use Leafspy since I had just downloaded it prior to going, and it seems to me SOH stands for State of Health. If that's true, the battery capacity is at 57%, which is not great on an 80 mile range vehicle. Maybe I don't want such a worn out EV, though 50 miles of range is fine.
They had a 2016 with 30,000 miles with all 12 bars and 85 miles showing. Leafspy seems to show 86% capacity remaining. Kinda shady that Nissan has the first bar represent 15% capacity, and then other bars represent half that. The asking price on this was $12,000, but I don't think it was a top trim level since it didn't have a heated steering wheel or rear seat.
These used vehicles qualify for the $2,500 Oregon rebate for low income families. It's for my parents, so they would qualify. Oregon subsidizes this by charging 0.5% tax on new vehicle sales.