Three electric cars for less than €5,000

The market for used electric cars is a tricky one. Various electric occasions do not yet (sometimes by a long way) offer the ease of use of more modern EVs. The driving range is often disappointing and charging is slow. In their price category, a fuel car is quickly more interesting. This is of course especially true for the older EVs, because developments are going fast and so there are also more and more electric cars on the used car market that are already much more usable. The demand for second-hand EVs is also picking up somewhat this year and the available purchase subsidy is also going through faster for used electric cars than for new ones.

The market is therefore starting to change somewhat and that is pushing down the price of the less interesting electric used cars. In the AutoWeek second-hand range, we already come across a few electric cars that cost less than €5,000 including a purchase subsidy. A relatively cheap price and you certainly don’t have to expect the world from it. They can nevertheless be interesting for short trips. They are relatively modern and you will soon be cheaper in running costs than with a fuel car.

Peugeot Ion – 2012 – €4,950 after subsidy

PSA and Mitsubishi were relatively early with electric little ones when the triplets Mitsubishi i-Miev, Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot Ion appeared in 2009. They were really for the fanatic early adopters with a well-filled wallet, because they were quite expensive and not very impressive in terms of performance. This only 64 hp strong Peugeot Ion only squeezed out about 150 km range when it was brand new. That was probably already a bit optimistic and logically some battery capacity has also been lost after eleven years and 75,000 km. But hey, if you only have to cover a few tens of kilometers per day and you are looking for a slightly larger and electric alternative to an Opel Rocks Electric … Incidentally, it is certainly worth arranging a Chademo plug, then you can still charge fairly quickly (40 kW).

Nissan Leaf – 2011 – €4,900 after subsidy

For almost the same money you can also purchase this more serious Nissan Leaf. A model with a 24 kWh battery pack and therefore a new range of 175 km. On paper, you should therefore also get further with it than with the Ion, although the Leaf has covered twice as many kilometers and the battery degradation is logically somewhat higher. With its 109 hp power, it is in any case also a somewhat smoother EV and, of course, it drives a bit more mature. The Leaf also has a Chademo connection that should allow charging up to 46 kW of charging power.

Fiat 500 – 2011 – €4,499 after subsidy

We have saved the cheapest and most remarkable for last. This is an electric Fiat 500, but not as you would expect it. It’s not the currently available Fiat 500e, of course, and it’s not a North American 500 Electric either, as it’s a regular fuel 500 turned EV. According to the provider, this was done by a professional company, the 500 has a range of about 80 kilometers and a top speed of 100 km / h. In the instrument panel we see a consumption meter and the gear lever can now only be put in D, N and R, according to the sticker. Perhaps it works very nicely and you still have a nice city EV for relatively little money.