Best valueHatchback · 244 mile EPA range
2026 Nordvik Alto Core
The cheapest way into an electric car in Austin
$281a month, sample
- Term and band
- 36 mo / 10,000 mi
- Due at signing
- $2,111
- Residual
- 59% of MSRP
- Money factor
- 0.00145 (3.48%)
Electric leasing, Austin metro
The whole lease, on one page, before you sign anything
Ten electric cars, four mileage bands, every fee published. We fit the home charger first and deliver the car to your driveway second.
Sample payments from $281 a month. Offers are samples, subject to credit approval.
EPA combined range301miles, at 25 kWh per 100 miles
Level 2 home charger$0fitted and permitted on a 36 month lease
Median decision time11 minsoft credit check, no effect on your score
Nordvik Alto from $281Aveon Lume S from $342Kestra Ridge SE from $440Solene Drift Estate from $506Solene Vale MPV from $563Aveon Lume GT from $581Byrne Haul 150 Work from $606Kestra Ridge Ultra from $659Byrne Haul 150 from $713
On the ground this month
This month's lease deals
Sample monthly payments on cars we have here now, each with the term, mileage band, due at signing, residual and money factor on the card. Nothing is hidden behind a phone call.
All 10 offers
6 deals, scroll sideways
- Best value
Most leasedSedan · 301 mile EPA range
2026 Aveon Lume S
The car we lease more of than anything else
$342a month, sample
- Term and band
- 36 mo / 10,000 mi
- Due at signing
- $2,672
- Residual
- 60% of MSRP
- Money factor
- 0.00135 (3.24%)
SUV · 289 mile EPA range
2026 Kestra Ridge SE
Five seats, 31.7 cubic feet and a tow rating that is real
$440a month, sample
- Term and band
- 36 mo / 12,000 mi
- Due at signing
- $3,770
- Residual
- 57.5% of MSRP
- Money factor
- 0.00142 (3.41%)
Estate · 315 mile EPA range
2026 Solene Drift Estate
More cargo than the SUV, 26 miles more range
$506a month, sample
- Term and band
- 36 mo / 12,000 mi
- Due at signing
- $4,336
- Residual
- 56.5% of MSRP
- Money factor
- 0.00139 (3.34%)
SUV · 302 mile EPA range
2026 Kestra Ridge Ultra 7
Seven seats, and a 39 month term that shaves the payment
$659a month, sample
- Term and band
- 39 mo / 12,000 mi
- Due at signing
- $5,489
- Residual
- 54% of MSRP
- Money factor
- 0.00149 (3.58%)
Truck · 271 mile EPA range
2026 Byrne Haul 150 Crew
A 9.6 kW generator that also does the school run
$713a month, sample
- Term and band
- 36 mo / 15,000 mi
- Due at signing
- $5,543
- Residual
- 51.5% of MSRP
- Money factor
- 0.00139 (3.34%)
Before you add a single option
What is already in every Current lease
Ten things that arrive with the car at no extra cost. The list exists because the industry habit is to unbundle these and sell them back to you at signing.
- Level 2 home charger supplied and fitted by a licensed electrician before delivery
- Two years of scheduled servicing, including the cabin filter and brake fluid
- Roadside assistance for the full term, including a flatbed if you run the pack flat
- Texas title, registration and state inspection handled by our title clerk
- A published wear and tear standard you can read before you sign, not after
- The clean vehicle credit passed through in full as a capitalised cost reduction
- One free mileage band change in the first 90 days if you guessed wrong
- Delivery to your home or office anywhere inside Loop 1 or the 183 corridor
- A 7 day exchange window if the car does not fit your garage or your life
- Loan of a charging adapter kit for your first road trip
Where your payment actually goes
Residual value, and the depreciation you rent
A lease charges you for the value a car loses while you have it, not for the car. The residual is the lessor's forecast of what it will be worth at the end, set as a percentage of MSRP. Every card below shows that forecast at four terms, and the split between the part you pay for and the part the lessor keeps.
Read how residuals are set
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Nordvik Alto Core
MSRP $34,800 · 10,000 mile band
- You pay 41%, $14,268
- Lessor keeps 59%, $20,532
Residual value of the Nordvik Alto Core at four lease terms Term Residual Value Depreciation 24 mo 65% $22,620 $12,180 36 mo (the term we write this car on) 59% $20,532 $14,268 39 mo 57.5% $20,010 $14,790 48 mo 52% $18,096 $16,704 We write this one on 36 months. The benchmark term.
Aveon Lume S
MSRP $41,250 · 10,000 mile band
- You pay 40%, $16,500
- Lessor keeps 60%, $24,750
Residual value of the Aveon Lume S at four lease terms Term Residual Value Depreciation 24 mo 66% $27,225 $14,025 36 mo (the term we write this car on) 60% $24,750 $16,500 39 mo 58.5% $24,131 $17,119 48 mo 53% $21,863 $19,387 We write this one on 36 months. The benchmark term.
Kestra Ridge SE
MSRP $47,600 · 12,000 mile band
- You pay 43%, $20,230
- Lessor keeps 57%, $27,370
Residual value of the Kestra Ridge SE at four lease terms Term Residual Value Depreciation 24 mo 63.5% $30,226 $17,374 36 mo (the term we write this car on) 57.5% $27,370 $20,230 39 mo 56% $26,656 $20,944 48 mo 50.5% $24,038 $23,562 We write this one on 36 months. The benchmark term.
Solene Drift Estate
MSRP $52,100 · 12,000 mile band
- You pay 44%, $22,664
- Lessor keeps 56%, $29,436
Residual value of the Solene Drift Estate at four lease terms Term Residual Value Depreciation 24 mo 62.5% $32,563 $19,537 36 mo (the term we write this car on) 56.5% $29,436 $22,664 39 mo 55% $28,655 $23,445 48 mo 49.5% $25,790 $26,310 We write this one on 36 months. The benchmark term.
Byrne Haul 150 Crew
MSRP $61,900 · 15,000 mile band
- You pay 48%, $30,021
- Lessor keeps 52%, $31,879
Residual value of the Byrne Haul 150 Crew at four lease terms Term Residual Value Depreciation 24 mo 57.5% $35,593 $26,307 36 mo (the term we write this car on) 51.5% $31,879 $30,021 39 mo 50% $30,950 $30,950 48 mo 44.5% $27,546 $34,354 We write this one on 36 months. The benchmark term.
Residual percentages, values and depreciation shown are sample figures for demonstration. Residuals are set by the funding lessor, not by us, and change monthly. Electric residuals generally sit three to five points below an equivalent combustion car because lessors are pricing charge speed obsolescence and incentive volatility into the forecast.
- Charge where you park
A Level 2 box on the Austin Energy EV plan at $0.1175 per kWh overnight is roughly a quarter of the cost of public DC fast charging. We fit it before the car arrives.
- We survey the panel first
About a third of homes built before 1985 in 78704 need a 100 to 200 amp upgrade. We quote that at $1,450 before you sign, not after the electrician is standing in your driveway.
- Road trips planned properly
Austin to Dallas is one fifteen minute stop in most of our cars, none at all in the Lume S. Precondition the pack on the way and it stays fifteen minutes.
The decision that moves your payment most
Mileage band cost comparator
Term and mileage band change a lease payment more than trim does. Every 2,500 miles you add to the allowance takes points off the residual, which raises the monthly. Going over the allowance costs $0.25 a mile at turn in. Pick a car and a band and the whole picture recalculates.
Look up your last two Texas inspections. They record the odometer, so the difference is your real annual mileage.
- 36 month term, $2,000 cap reduction, clean vehicle credit applied.
- One free band change inside your first 90 days if you guessed wrong.
At this band
$342a month, sample
- Residual at this band
- 60%
- Total of payments, 36 months
- $12,312
- Miles included over the term
- 30,000
- Cost per mile, payments only
- $0.52
- Electricity per mile at home
- $0.029
You expect 12,500 miles a year, which is 7,500 miles over this band. At $0.25 a mile that is $1,875 at turn in.
Moving up a band is usually cheaper than paying the overage. Compare the two figures above before you sign, not at month 34.
Sample figures for demonstration. Excess mileage is charged at $0.25 a mile at turn in; miles bought up front cost $0.16 a mile and are not refunded if unused. Energy cost assumes the Austin Energy EV plan overnight rate of $0.1175 per kWh and the vehicle's EPA combined consumption. Offers are samples, subject to credit approval.
Nothing hidden, in the order it happens
Every fee on a lease, from acquisition to disposition
Nine fees touch a lease. Four hit at signing, one is waived, and four wait until you hand the car back. Here is each one with the amount, who charges it, whether anybody can discount it and whether it can be rolled into the payment instead of paid on the day.
See the full worked example
9 fees, scroll sideways
At signing Acquisition fee
$1,095
Also called a bank fee. It pays the lessor for writing the contract and it is fixed by the funding bank, so nobody at Current can discount it. You can either pay it at signing or capitalise it, which adds about $34 a month on a 36 month term. We capitalise it by default and show you both numbers.
- Charged by
- The lessor, not the dealer
- Negotiable
- No
- Capitalisable
- Yes, rolled into the payment
At signing Texas motor vehicle tax
6.25% of the taxable price
Texas taxes a lease on the vehicle's full purchase price at inception rather than taxing each monthly payment the way most states do. On a $46,300 SUV that is $2,894. It is capitalised into the adjusted cap cost, which is why a Texas EV lease payment looks higher than the same deal quoted in a monthly tax state.
- Charged by
- The State of Texas
- Negotiable
- No
- Capitalisable
- Yes, and we always do
At signing Dealer documentary fee
$225
Texas does not cap the doc fee. Ours is $225 and it is the same for every customer and every car, published here so you can compare it before you walk in. It covers title preparation and electronic filing.
- Charged by
- Current EV Leasing
- Negotiable
- Sometimes
- Capitalisable
- No, paid at delivery
At signing Title, registration and inspection
$105
State fees, passed through at cost with the receipt attached to your delivery pack. Travis County registration renewals during the term are your responsibility and cost about $80 a year.
- Charged by
- Travis County and the State
- Negotiable
- No
- Capitalisable
- No, paid at delivery
At signing First monthly payment
One month
Leases are paid in advance, so month one is always collected at delivery. Every due at signing figure on this site includes it, which is why our numbers sometimes look higher than an advert that quietly leaves it out.
- Charged by
- The lessor
- Negotiable
- No
- Capitalisable
- No
At signing Security deposit
$0
Waived on every tier 1 and tier 2 approval. Some lessors offer multiple security deposits to buy the money factor down; if that is worth doing on your deal we will tell you and show the arithmetic.
- Charged by
- Waived
- Negotiable
- Waived
- Capitalisable
- Not applicable
At turn in Excess mileage
$0.25 a mile
Charged only on miles past the contracted allowance. Buying miles up front costs $0.16, so if you are confident you will run 3,000 over, prepaying saves $270. If you are not confident, do not prepay: unused prepaid miles are not refunded.
- Charged by
- The lessor
- Negotiable
- No
- Capitalisable
- Prepay at $0.16 a mile
At turn in Excess wear
$0 to $5,000
Assessed against the published standards on our wear and tear page. The Current Wear Waiver covers up to $5,000 of chargeable wear for $11 a month, which is worth it if the car will carry car seats, dogs or a ladder rack.
- Charged by
- The lessor, after inspection
- Negotiable
- No
- Capitalisable
- Wear waiver, $11 a month
At turn in Disposition fee
$395
Charged when you hand the car back and walk away. It is waived entirely if you start another Current lease within 30 days, and it does not apply at all if you buy the car at the residual.
- Charged by
- The lessor
- Negotiable
- No
- Capitalisable
- Waived if you lease again
All fee amounts are sample figures for demonstration. Texas does not cap dealer documentary fees; ours is published here so it can be compared before you visit. Acquisition and disposition fees are set by the funding lessor and cannot be discounted by a dealer.
Published before you sign, not after
Wear and tear standards, with the threshold and the charge
Every lessor has a wear standard. Most of them will not show it to you until the inspector is standing in your driveway. Ours is published here with a photograph, the measurement that decides it, and the dollar figure attached if it goes the wrong way.
Read the full return guide
6 areas, scroll sideways
Tyres
4/32 inch minimum tread, all four matched
Acceptable
- Tread at or above 4/32 inch across the full width
- Matching brand and speed rating on each axle
- Even wear with no cupping or feathering
Chargeable
- Any tyre below 4/32 inch
- A mismatched or lower speed rated replacement
- Sidewall damage, bulges or plug repairs
Sample charge$185 to $310 per tyre
A tyre shop on Airport Boulevard will fit a matched pair for around $340. That is cheaper than two tyres at the lessor's rate, so measure your tread at month 30, not month 35.
Glass
Chips under 1/4 inch, outside the driver's sight line
Acceptable
- Stone chips smaller than a quarter inch
- Light sandblasting on the leading edge
- Professionally resin filled chips
Chargeable
- Any crack, of any length
- Chips inside the wiper sweep in front of the driver
- Cracked or missing mirror glass
Sample charge$420 windscreen, $160 side glass
Most Texas comprehensive policies repair a chip with no deductible. Fix it the week it happens, because a chip turns into a crack on the first 40 degree morning after a 100 degree afternoon.
Wheels
Kerb rash under 1 inch on the rim face
Acceptable
- Scuffs shorter than an inch on the outer rim
- Light pitting on the spoke faces
- Original wheels refinished to factory colour
Chargeable
- Gouges, bends or cracks in the rim
- Missing centre caps or lug nut covers
- Aftermarket wheels without the originals returned
Sample charge$180 per wheel refinish
Mobile alloy repair in Austin runs about $110 a wheel and takes an hour in your driveway. Keep the original wheels in the garage if you fit anything aftermarket.
Paint and panels
Dings under 2 inches, four per panel
Acceptable
- Dents smaller than a 2 inch circle with the paint intact
- Up to four of them on any single panel
- Light polishing marks and car park door taps
Chargeable
- Any dent with broken paint or visible primer
- Creases longer than 4 inches
- Mismatched repaints and overspray on trim
Sample charge$95 to $240 per panel
Paintless dent removal is around $85 a ding locally and leaves no repair history. We hand out a printed 2 inch circle gauge at delivery so you can check a panel in ten seconds.
Interior
Soiling that cleans, wear that does not hole through
Acceptable
- Normal seat bolster polish on the driver's side
- Carpet wear under the pedals
- Marks that come out with standard valeting
Chargeable
- Burns, tears or holes in any surface
- Permanent staining or odour, including smoke and pets
- Cracked screens or missing trim pieces
Sample charge$150 to $400 per area
Book a full interior detail a fortnight before turn in, around $180 in Austin. Car seat pressure marks in the second row are acceptable wear, so do not panic about those.
Equipment and cables
Everything that came with the car comes back
Acceptable
- Normal scuffing on the mobile connector case
- One key fob with a worn button
- Load liner and cargo cover with everyday marks
Chargeable
- Missing mobile charge connector
- Missing second key fob
- Missing cargo cover, load floor, tow eye or tyre kit
Sample charge$290 connector, $310 key fob
This is the single most common charge at turn in and the easiest to avoid. Put the second fob and the mobile connector in a labelled box on day one, and check the frunk the morning of the return.
Sample charges for demonstration. Final assessment is made by the funding lessor's inspector against the lessor's own published standards, which we supply with your contract. Our own pre inspection at around month 33 is free and is the reason 96 percent of our returns carry no wear invoice.
Where we deliver and install
Six areas, and a different charging problem in each
The install is the part that varies, not the car. A 2019 house in Pflugerville often has conduit already run. A 1968 house in 78704 may need a service upgrade. We survey before you sign so the number never moves.
- Standard Level 2 install
- $0, up to 40 ft of conduit
- Extended run, detached garage
- $390 typical
- 100 A to 200 A service upgrade
- $1,450 typical
Six people, no sales floor
The people who will actually pick up
Nobody at Current works on a commission tied to which car you take or which package you add. That is the whole reason the advice sounds different.
Amira Haddad
Lease director
Spent eleven years in captive finance writing residual schedules before deciding the customer should be allowed to see them. She sets every money factor we quote and signs off any deal where the worksheet is not self explanatory.
Reads auction data on Sunday nights so she can call customers with equity on Monday.
Founded Current in 2019
Marcus Beaudry
Senior lease advisor
Handles most of the north Austin and Round Rock accounts. He is the person who will talk you out of the 10,000 mile band if your last two inspections say you drive 13,400.
Has never once sold a mileage band bigger than the customer needed.
With Current since 2020
Rosa Villareal
Charging programme lead
Runs the install side: panel surveys, permits with the City of Austin, and the scheduling that gets a charger live before the car lands on the driveway.
Can tell you whether a house needs a service upgrade from one photograph of the meter.
With Current since 2021
Ty Nguyen
Delivery coordinator
Does the ninety minute handover at your house: preconditioning, one pedal driving, the charging app, and a proper walk around so nothing is a surprise later.
Keeps a printed 2 inch ding gauge in every delivery pack.
With Current since 2022
Imani Osei
Business and fleet manager
Looks after everything from a sole trader's first van to a forty vehicle fleet, including upfit coordination and depot charging quotes.
Built the job cost model our trades customers use to compare a Haul 150 against a diesel.
With Current since 2021
Daniel Kwan
Return inspection lead
Inspects every car before it goes back to the lessor and tells customers exactly what would be charged, three months early, while there is still time to fix it cheaply.
His pre inspection is the reason 96 percent of our returns carry no wear invoice.
With Current since 2020
317 reviews, unedited
What people say after the car arrives
4.9
Average from 317 reviews
Marcus pulled my last two inspection reports and told me I drive 13,000 miles a year, not the 10,000 I claimed. That one conversation saved me about $750 at turn in.
They put the payment on a 39 month term instead of 36 and explained exactly why it came out lower. First car purchase of any kind where someone showed me the arithmetic.
Charger was on the garage wall and working two days before the car arrived. Nobody told me that was unusual until friends started asking how I managed it.
My 1968 house needed a panel upgrade. Rosa quoted $1,450 before the survey and it came in at $1,450. No creep, no extras on the day.
I wanted an SUV. They showed me the estate carries more and goes 26 miles further on a charge, then let me decide. It was the right call.
Bed outlets replaced the generator I was renting every month. Imani built me a cost sheet against my old diesel before I signed anything.
They were blunt that the GT is the most expensive car per mile they lease. I took it anyway and I have no complaints, because I knew exactly what I was choosing.
Daniel pre inspected at month 33 and found two dings and a tyre at 4/32. Fixed both locally for under $300 instead of being billed $600 at return.
Amira called out of nowhere to say my payoff was below market and there was equity in the lease. I had no idea that was even a thing.
Doc fee was $225, same as the website said. After three other dealers quoted me four different numbers, that alone decided it.
Towing cuts about a third of the range. They told me that during the test drive, not after delivery. Set expectations properly for the lake trips.
One customer, in full
I had leased two cars before and I had never once seen a residual percentage or a money factor. Current put the whole worksheet on one page, walked me through the mileage band decision using my own inspection history, and the payment at signing was the payment on the card. The charger was already on the wall when the car turned up.
Denise OkaforRound Rock · Aveon Lume S, 36 months, 12,000 miles
- $750
- saved by moving to the right mileage band
- 11 min
- from application to decision
- 2 days
- charger live before delivery
The questions we get asked most
Answers, with thearithmetic shown
If a question you have is not here, call and ask for a lease advisor. Nobody will read you a script.
Two things plus tax. Depreciation is the adjusted capitalised cost minus the residual value, divided by the number of months. Rent charge is the adjusted cap plus the residual, multiplied by the money factor. Add them together and that is your payment. Texas motor vehicle tax is capitalised into the cap cost at inception rather than added monthly, which is why a Texas payment looks higher than the same deal quoted in a monthly tax state.
Take the band that matches what you actually drive, which is usually higher than people guess. Look up your last two Texas state inspections; they record the odometer, so the difference between them is your real annual mileage. Going over costs $0.25 a mile at turn in. Buying miles up front costs $0.16 a mile but is not refunded if you do not use them.
The residual only drops about a point and a half over those three extra months, while the depreciation you are paying gets spread over three more payments. On a Kestra Ridge Ultra the 39 month payment lands roughly $19 a month below the 36. The trade is three more months of commitment and three more months of mileage allowance to use.
The unit and a standard install are included on a 36 month lease or longer. Standard means up to 40 feet of conduit from your panel to the wall, plus the City of Austin permit and inspection. If your home needs a service upgrade from 100 to 200 amps, that is quoted separately and typically runs $1,450. We survey before you sign, so you know which one you are in.
On the Austin Energy EV plan overnight at $0.1175 per kWh, a car using 25 kWh per 100 miles costs about 2.9 cents a mile. The same car on public DC fast charging at $0.44 per kWh costs about 11 cents a mile. Charging at home is roughly a quarter of the price, which is the single biggest running cost decision you will make.
The thresholds are published on our wear and tear page with photographs. In short: tyres at or above 4/32 inch, no cracks in any glass, kerb rash under an inch, dings under two inches with the paint unbroken and no more than four per panel, and every item that came with the car returned including the second key fob and the mobile connector. Missing equipment is the most common charge and the easiest to avoid.
It is the lessor's cost of getting the car ready to sell again, and it is $395. It is waived entirely if you start another Current lease within 30 days, and it does not apply if you buy the car at the residual.
The first check is a soft pull, which does not affect your score and tells us your tier and the money factor you qualify for. A hard pull only happens when you choose to proceed on a specific car, and you will be told before it happens.
What it costs, and what we promise
Protection packages and the Current Promise
Every lease carries the Standard column at no cost. The two waivers are optional, priced separately and added to the payment rather than buried in it. Whichever you take, the six promises on the right apply.
Standard
$0included with every lease
What every Current lease carries before you add anything.
- Two years of scheduled servicing
- Roadside assistance for the term
- Level 2 home charger and standard install
- Published wear and tear standards
- $0 security deposit on tier 1 and 2 credit
Wear Waiver
$11a month, added to the payment
The one most families add. Turn in with no wear invoice.
- Everything in Standard
- Up to $5,000 of chargeable wear covered
- Covers tyres down to 2/32 inch, not 4/32
- Covers one windscreen replacement
- Disposition fee waived if you lease again
Wear Waiver Plus
$29a month, added to the payment
For cars that carry tools, dogs, car seats or a ladder rack.
- Everything in Wear Waiver
- Excess mileage forgiven up to 2,500 miles
- Key fob and charge cable replacement covered
- Interior repair and full detail before turn in
- One free mileage band change at any point in the term
Package prices are sample figures added to the monthly payment. Waiver terms, limits and exclusions are set out in the waiver agreement supplied with your contract. Offers are samples, subject to credit approval.
Why people trust Current EV Leasing
- 1,284
- leases delivered since 2019
- 4.9
- average from 317 reviews
- 96%
- turned in with no wear invoice
- 11 min
- median application decision
- Texas dealer license GDN-0000000 (demo)
- Range figures quoted from EPA combined ratings
- Charging installs by licensed Texas electricians
- Application secured with 256 bit encryption
- Member, Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association
Questions before you apply? Call (512) 555-0168 and ask for a lease advisor, or read the full question list.
Offers are samples, subject to credit approval. Payments, residuals, fees, incentives and charging rates shown on this site are illustrative demo figures and are not an offer of credit.