Nissan Ariya Wins Greatest Pre-Owned EV Award!

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Nicely, this might not be my first guess, and even my fifth, however the 2023 Nissan Ariya has simply gained the most effective pre-owned EV in 2025 award from Recurrent Auto. This was from a comparability of 30 EV fashions.

“The award acknowledges Ariya’s sturdy worth retention, superior expertise and standout efficiency within the pre-owned EV market,” Nissan writes. “Recurrent’s group of market analysts and battery scientists analyzed automobiles based mostly on affordability, charging velocity, vary reliability, connectivity and total possession expertise. Ariya’s top-ranked place was earned due to its aggressive pricing, superior driver help options, sturdy battery restricted guarantee¹ and distinctive winter efficiency—sustaining 83% of its most vary in freezing temperatures.”

Nissan has come a good distance from the unmanaged batteries of early Nissan LEAFs that may degrade rapidly and drive down the resale worth of the vehicles!

“Nissan’s Ariya hit the market in 2023, and though it didn’t make the splash it may have, a part of that was on account of its worth. Now, with costs below $30K for a lot of configurations, The Ariya is a lovely choice. It includes a comfy, tech-forward inside with ProPILOT Help 2.0, delivering an enhanced semi-autonomous driving expertise,” Recurrent writes. “What we love: The Ariya guarantees to be a dependable and steadfast automobile, with an correct dashboard, little or no vary degradation, and most of its battery guarantee left. It shines when it comes to winter climate efficiency, the place it holds on to 83% of its max vary at freezing temps.”

There have been a number of runners-up. They had been the next:

• 2020 Tesla Mannequin 3
• 2021 Hyundai Kona
• 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E
• 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV
• 2021 Volkswagen ID.4

You may learn summaries of every of these fashions and what they love about them right here. There’s additionally a desk exhibiting the grading of all of these fashions.

Winners within the earlier two years had been the 2018 Tesla Mannequin 3 (2024) and the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt (2023). Who will win the 2026 award?

So far as methodology, Recurrent makes use of the next 10 standards for evaluating fashions and making an attempt to select a winner:

1. Value — this class relies on a Recurrent statistic referred to as “price per vary mile,” that compares the ratio of the used worth to the real-world vary. It measures how a lot you’re paying for vary vs. every little thing else (design, good options, a killer sound system, and so on). If you happen to’re in search of a funds EV, you’ll wish to hold this quantity low.
2. Availability — how out there are these vehicles? This impacts your skill to get your arms on a used one, and the last word sale worth you might negotiate.
3. Affordability — we have a look at what number of automobiles, as a p.c, are priced beneath $25,000. We selected this worth threshold as a result of it’s the cutoff for eligibility within the used EV tax credit score program
4. Charging velocity — this rating elements in each AC (stage 2) and DC (stage 3; quick charging) speeds
5. Charging community — as decided by proprietor satisfaction and surveys
6. Vary Reliability — we use the Recurrent vary rating to check the typical noticed vary right this moment versus the typical noticed vary when new. This helps you perceive how effectively the vary holds up with time.
7. Accuracy — how effectively does the vary on the sprint replicate the precise vary you’ll be able to anticipate? Ideally, the dashboard prediction needs to be as near actuality as attainable — each to scale back vary nervousness and to stop surprising charging periods.
8. Variability — how does the automobile’s tech put together it for winter or sizzling climate driving?
9. Eligibility — is that this make and mannequin supported by Recurrent to trace vary well being and battery situation? Are there any limitations on our protection?
10. Connectivity — how do drivers fee the automobile’s app, ease of use, and usefulness of options. It is a blended rating based mostly on app retailer critiques and neighborhood suggestions

It appears like a great system. Although, I might be inclined to place some weighting on sure key elements, and ultimately it’s going to come back all the way down to a variety of subjective opinions. However I believe most individuals can agree on the evaluation Recurrent supplies, and that is perhaps probably the most helpful factor. Go learn the summaries of every automobile for extra.