Actually only the early
Actually only the early Nissan Leafs had any appreciable loss in range. Other EVs do have a tiny loss in EV range, but it is minimal. Of the reasons given above for depreciation, the biggest ones are the federal and state subsidies. It is true that the added federal and state money that made EVs easier to buy new meant that used model prices had to drop to match the lower new EV pricing. But a lot of the loss is on paper because even though a new Leaf had a MSRP of $30K, the buyers were really only paying $20K out of pocket. So even though it looks like they immediately lost $10K of value, the original buyers got that money paid back up front (either with a check, or by getting a lower lease payment), and the depreciation after that is pretty normal. In fact I think that it ends up being a great incentive for buyers who want a super economical, newer car without having to pay a high premium can find great deals with used EVs. Also even though the early BEVs have a smaller range than new models, the 60-80 miles is just fine for many people. Also except for the Maserati, Jag, and BMWs, much of the list is plug-in hybrids. And because PHEVs have a gasoline motor and lose almost no EV range, used models perform nearly the same as new models do. In fact because most PHEvs are driven mostly using their electric motor, the gas engines are hardly used. When I returned my Chevy Volts off of lease one had 36K miles, and one had 48K miles, but they were almost only driven electrically, so there was only 1-3K miles on the gas generator motors, plus because braking regeneration saves the brakes, they were also nearly new. And the electric motors have almost no maintenance when compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. So it can be argued that used plug in hybrids are actually some of the best used cars to own. And finally because you can get these nearly new used EVs for a super low price they open the newer EV market to many people who had never owned an EV before. I have bought the last two of my PHEVs used, and got a great deal on both of them, but it was also relatively cheap for me to lease my first two PHEVs, because the lease cost was just a bit more than I had been paying for gasoline alone. So I won out leasing PHEVs, and won out buying used PHEVs. Teslas are still more expensive used than the early lower range EVs, and they still retain their value about the same as most luxury cars because they don't lose much range and are still competitive against newer EVs.