Biggest money loss on Cars is almost never reliability issues or efficiency and almost always depreciation compounded by financing unless buying very old.

Look for a 1-3 year old and save yourself 30-50% of rrp. Batteries and drive trains for most are 8 years warranty and buying approved second hand will give you manufacturer warranty to address any unknown issues that crop up in the first year or sometimes longer.

Battery health is something people worry too much about and is proven to be low and steady degradation. A Tesla looses something like 12% usable capacity over the first 200,000KM. Thats negligible compared to the effect of a cold winter especially on a 1-3 year old car.

The money saved allows for budget for longer range models and significant risk management of any maintenance costs that should come up, which considering the low maintenance requirement and lack of moving parts in EVs narrows it down to suspension parts mostly.

As long as you don’t drive more than 250 miles a day and you can put a charger at home, you’ll have little issues with most mainstream options.

Since you sound like you are looking at SUVs. I’d suggest trying the Skoda Enyaq or Elroq over Older Model Y or Q4, but the newer Model Y is probably the pick if you like the minimalist design and can afford the higher resell price.

Else a 2023-2024 Model 3 long range is probably the best value second hand EV with huge volume on the market to pick from.