Should they buy or rent them?

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He wanted this car. A 100 % electric model. But like all electric vehicles, it costs around 30 % more expensive than its thermal equivalent. Or more than € 41,000. Too expensive for Cédric Alloitteau, so he preferred to rent it. “”We don’t specifically pose a problem. We rent many clothes now, even furniture. So why not a vehicle? Everyday vehicles have a good chance that they will end up before us,“Indicates the tenant of an electric vehicle.

He did his calculation. Paying a monthly rent of 291 euros for four years will cost him 14,000 euros. If he had bought it new, then sold four years later, the car would have cost him almost the double, 27,800 euros. The reason? A quick discount. He could only have resell it only a third of his initial price. Buy remains too risky according to him. “”Buying it is a bet on the future, I did not feel the courage to make this bet. There, I pay every month and then in three, four years, if it does not go in my direction, I return it and then I leave on something else,“He explains.

According to a specialist, nobody wants to take the risk of reselling an electric car whose battery served for four years. “It is the fear of the unknown. The battery life, which will buy me the car? Will it work like a phone battery where it will be necessary to change it? So, he prefers to go through leasing,” details Philppe Chatrian, president of the Leasing Agency in Paris North.

Result, in a concession, these are the monthly payments that we display in very large. 9 out of 10 cars praise. Habits have changed. “”Before, people returned home and said: ‘I have 20,000 euros to buy a car.’ Today, people arrive saying: I want to devote 300 euros per month for my vehicle, ‘“Notes Mohamed Bekkari, concession manager Having your car is no longer essential. Leasing, long -term rental, has become a habit to better manage your car budget without surprise.