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If you have an EV, do you own it (with or without finance) or lease it ?

Poll - Total Votes: 4
Owned outright - EV is fully mine with no finance
Owned - EV mine but with finance still owing
Leased - will get rid of EV for another EV at end of term
Leased - will get rid of EV and go back to a petrol or diesel at end of term
Leased - will pay out the 'balloon' payment and keep the EV long term
I drive an EV provided by my work
I don't have an EV but am thinking about getting one
I don't have an EV and don't want one
I don't have a road-registered vehicle at all and use public transport, etc.
I don't have a road-registered vehicle but do have a high powered electric bike or scooter
I don't need any road-registered vehicle - I walk or bicycle (not e-bike) everywhere
I have a hybrid EV (Petrol or diesel plus EV) instead of a full BEV and think that's the smart way
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If you lease it, will you get rid of it at the end of the term (usually 5 years) and get another EV, or pay out the lease and keep the car long term?

If you don't have an EV, are you thinking about getting one?

If you don't have any sort of registered vehicle, do you get around on a high-powered e-bike or scooter, or just walk and bicycle (not e-bike) everywhere? Alternatively can you do everything you need with public transport?

Most people with EV's lease them and seem to intend to 'dump' them at the end of the term. Seems the split of who will keep with an EV and who won't is pretty mixed.
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Leasing is the dumbest thing ever invented. You end up paying way more for the car and at the end of the term they let you buy it, and it's not going to be cheap either. Total rip. The only thing a lease gives you is lower monthly payments, but it comes back to bite you later.