Think a lot of Zoe batteries were leased. Do you definitely own the battery? Are you sure the battery isn't on a lease? If the battery is leased then you don't pay for its replacement.

It's explained quite well in the link below. I've no connection with the company and have never dealt with them.

www.gogreenautos.co.uk/buyers-guide/battery-lease-...d

It’s 5yrs old and suffering from battery degradation, a problem that makes electric cars non-viable currently.

Not necessarily. There are Teslas running for many hundreds of thousands of miles without significant battery degeneration. See here for example:

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/23/tesla-battery-life-longer-than-anyone-except-elon-jb-expected/

Depreciation is crippling on most thanks to the huge cost of battery pack replacement which is currently approx £5k on a Leaf. How do you value a 3-4yr old car that has a £4-£5k expense looming? Until batteries are much much cheaper to replace I wouldn’t touch an electric car.

That is also my view, and I suspect that of many other people.

I suspect that's about correct for a 6 year old battery of 22kw size, plus it is very cold at the moment too. I could just about make that work for me as a second car but little point when I can buy a small petrol with none of the constraints. I remain fascinated by the concept but have to largely agree it's a real gamble to take one on at present unless your requirement is very very specific to suit an EV. Have you checked the warranty situation if not leased, you might be lucky or of course it may be why the car was sold.

This post does rather beg the question " What the h**l use is a car with a 55 mile range?"

The answer I suppose is if you only do outward journeys of 27.5 miles before turning around and coming home!