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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Electric cars: could leasing a used EV help you afford one?

Electric Mercedes EQA SUV at a solar farm
Used electrical vehicles such as the Mercedes EQA SUV can be leased without paying anything upfront. Photograph: Mariusz Burcz/Alamy

When Anthony Santos was looking for a car to replace his Audi Q3, a diesel SUV, he felt reluctant about making the switch to an electric car.

“I was considering it, but I probably wouldn’t have,” says Santos, a sales manager at RWinvest, a property investment company in Liverpool. But when he started looking at his options the ability to lease a used electric vehicle (EV) caught his eye.

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