Based on that logic, Shouldn’t Tesla be the safest EV from a non-legacy manufacturer to be holding the ownership bag on? 
Saudi-money also backed Embracer, and that didn’t last very long.
I’m speed running getting all-EV with solar and Powerwalls, then ditching EV entirely.
Our next cars will probably be ICE. When cars are being sold because they’re dirt cheap, they’re not very good cars.
How many LH users would have actually wanted their EV unless the taxpayers put in $7,500 and the financing subvented the MF and Resid to have monthlies go up against a Civic?
I think Lucids are built well enough to last through the end of the lease. I would be more skeptical on leasing a VinFast or even Fisker.
18 month lease probably, 24 or 36 not so sure
Worst case scenario if they go tits up you can drop the pack and have a tinkerer turn it into a home battery backup.
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Really? If the deal is there I’d take one, but honestly EVs are simply so much more comfortable than ICE cars. Most people I know who go EV don’t want to go back. And there’s no way I would go from a EQS to a Civic lol, I’m cross shopping to like a Lexus RX or something.
I think the cars themselves are great, but the prices were ludicrous. My platinum Ariya lease is the same payment as the Civic. And once Chinese EVs hit the market (even if they tariff’d/banished to Narnia in the US, they’ll compete with legacy auto in Europe/SEA and there’s economies of scale to be achieved.
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If the government money goes away and the MF/resid are similar, all the EV fervor on this site would die off as people go back to ICE. People are getting EV because they’re cheap, not because the cars are any good.
Eqs will not happen again
Economy cars will be EV
Luxury will be hybrid at best
Luxury EV’s are a loss LEADER
I don’t mind picking up a 2-3 yo used EQE or EQS for $30-40k 
The only ice I’ll buy is my bucket list car, otherwise it’ll be ev.
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Offer them $40k… they’ll probably take it. It’s not even a lemon or salvage… just a EV nobody wants unless it’s dirt cheap.
https://www.impexautosales.com/inventory/used-W1KCG2DB8NA008497/?utm_source=
$25K to qualify for the used credit
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On this site, yeah. But I personally wouldn’t get another gas car. Just gas savings alone on a luxury car - $0.12/kWh home charging vs $3.15/gallon for regular, $4/gallon for premium gas - means that dollar for dollar, EVs are a better product for me. ICE would need to be cheaper by a good 10% than a similarly spec’d EV for me to consider it.
Not to mention the lack of oil change and other maintenance QOL upgrades.
edit: oh and the fact that I hate the smell of exhaust fumes.
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If you’ve got charging at home or work with a decent electricity rate, EVs are a no brainer. They’re capable and have far less maintenance costs. I switched from a manual VW GTI to an EV in 2018 and haven’t looked back. Towing and sports cars are still better as ICE vehicles but EVs just make a ton of sense for point A to B transportation.
I bet benz eq (as long as it’s not a lemon) will be much cheaper to maintain than its ice.
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The lack of good PPI to determine a good ev makes it hard to look for bargain, thus I will prefer to see an off lease eq with just scheduled maintenance and probably a cpo warranty or carmax warranty.
Let me know if you want to buy my EQS 450 4Matic when the 13 month lease expires. They’ll probably take $40k. I’m sure not keeping this thing hah.
Sedan or SUV? Color? Winter package?
Do you have any paid off/owned cars btw?
Once my EQS lease is up I’m hoping Polestar 3s drop down to $25k for that used credit. The 21 Polestar 2s are already at $25k. I think it’s a no brainer to pay cash for a 3-4 year old EV and sell it in year 6-8, if these brands will still be around. With Mercedes it’s less of a concern though.