Buying or selling a used EV is inherently different from its ICE counterpart. The primary reason is that the battery, which is the most expensive part of any electric vehicle, is hard to evaluate. Batteries age differently than combustion engines. For example, Recurrent’s research has found that an odometer is not a particularly accurate indicator of battery health. It is no better than fourth or fifth best, depending on the manufacturer.
The high voltage lithium-ion batteries that power electric cars naturally degrade with time and charging cycles. That topic has been broadly covered before and my team has compared capacity vs power fade.
