[fragmede]

Define "didn't". The 1st generation Nissan Leaf in 2011 was was pretty terrible, but they kept making them, and brand new ones (since 2017) are actually quite nice, with more power and 200 miles of range. Definitely not Model S nice, but luxury cars are a totally different segment. There's room in the car industry for Nissan making the economy electric car and Tesla in the luxury or up-market segment.

[rootusrootus]

AFAIK the current Leaf still has terrible battery management, so I wouldn't plan on it holding value any better than the ones made 10 years ago.