Swopping my diesel Berlingo for a petrol model

[shedpete]

Re the purchase price discussion... First post mentions possibly spending £30k on a petrol...

Everyone has their own views about new, nearly new or used but IMO worth noting that you can currently buy latest model (2024 facelift, 52 kWh batteries) electric ones with under 5000 miles in the top trim specs from £17.5k (Vauxhall), £20k (Citroen) or £22k (Peugeot) - links go to Autotrader. 

At that point the worst of the depreciation seems to have already happened - looking at older ones, the cheapest e-Berlingos currently look to be around £14k with 50k miles (e.g. this one). Vauxhalls a bit cheaper, Peugeots a bit more... so they do lose a bit more over the years, but not crazy much...

IMO if you're not fussy about colour etc. then nearly new is the sweet spot at the moment.

[Tree]

Re the purchase price discussion... First post mentions possibly spending £30k on a petrol...

Everyone has their own views about new, nearly new or used but IMO worth noting that you can currently buy latest model (2024 facelift, 52 kWh batteries) electric ones with under 5000 miles in the top trim specs from £17.5k (Vauxhall), £20k (Citroen) or £22k (Peugeot) - links go to Autotrader. 

At that point the worst of the depreciation seems to have already happened - looking at older ones, the cheapest e-Berlingos currently look to be around £14k with 50k miles (e.g. this one). Vauxhalls a bit cheaper, Peugeots a bit more... so they do lose a bit more over the years, but not crazy much...

IMO if you're not fussy about colour etc. then nearly new is the sweet spot at the moment.

Exactly that - variation on brand plays a big difference.

When I bought the company van we decided electric was the way forward due to the reduced miles we were doing. We looked at E-berlingos which seemed to fetch the highest price.
I went up one van size to the e-dispatch but bought the e-expert 75kwh version for the extra 40 miles of range. New was £28,0000 +vat used with 31k miles was £13k plus vat. Had I found a 75kwh battery in the Vauxhall version nearby it was cheaper still.

The E-berlingo on the other hand, they hold their money well!

[evdama]

As much as they are accepted or hated at the moment ultimately in the near future you will have no choice.
Resistance is futile -you can run but you cant hide.
Im waiting as long as long as I can for the tech to improve,the volume in production and infrastructure to become cheaper and the early adopters to be the guinea pigs.
Im not keen on the thought of one but accepting the reality now so it wont be such a bitter culture shock when the time comes.