New electric vehicles cost thousands more than similar models that run on gasoline. However, the growing number of shoppers discovers that used cars are often true.
Used batteries used are often sold for less than comparable cars with internal combustion engines, making them a good business before calculating maintenance and fuel costs. This is to expand the number of people who can afford to buy such models.
According to COX Automotive, the sale of used electric vehicles in July increased by 40 percent in July.
K. Boyle, an 80 -year -old widow who lives in San Francisco, recently bought a used Nissan sheet, which found a Craigslist for only $ 1,000 after a discount of her electrical instrument.
The model, since 2013, is not designed for long trips, but its battery still has a sufficient range to cover food shopping Mrs Boyle and her daughter’s visits throughout the city, she said.
“At first I was nervous,” said Mrs. Boyle, a junior high school teacher in retirement who compared the immediate acceleration of the car to something you could drive in Disneyland. “You just squeeze it and it goes.”
But now she said, “I love this little car.”
Electric vehicles quickly lost the value partly, as battery technology increases rapidly to make older models less attractive. A few years ago, most electric vehicles could not travel more than 200 miles for a fee. Now there are cars that can go 300 miles, common and will be 400 miles within a few years.
Prices of new electric models also fell, with many sold for less than $ 40,000. This automatically reduces the prices of pre -owned cars.
According to Coxa used electric vehicles still form a piece of market with used cars-in July in July. Only a few years ago there were not many new electric vehicles to choose from and there were very few of them.
However, many people who bought new Teslas, Chevrolets and Nissans three or four years ago are ready to replace them for newer models. Or their rentals expire. And many cars are so new that there are still years of warranty coverage, which reduces consumers’ concerns about how long the battery will last.
Many people are also in a hurry to use $ 4,000 tax credit that can be used for used electric vehicles that are sold for $ 25,000 or less. The loan, part of the measures in Biden in the fight against climate change, expires at the end of September under the law signed by President Trump.
More than 800 people responded to The New York Times to tell us about their used electric vehicle experiences. Here are several.
Todd Albert
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Purchase: 2022 Audi e-tron GT
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What did he pay: $ 42,000
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What does a new model cost: $ 100,000 and higher
Mr. Albert, an executive worker at the Florida Technology Society, bought his $ 2022 Audi E-tron GT with 18,000 miles per kilometer last month. Luxury sports sedan is sold for more than $ 100,000 new.
Audi, who shares many parts with Porsche Taycan, had the reputation of being fun, but quickly loses value.
“The biggest disadvantage of GT and Taycan from my research is quick depreciation,” Albert said. “If you buy it used, it’s the best.”
Mr. Albert loves Audi so much, he said that sometimes he sits on the balcony of his home in Delray Beach and looks at him parked down. “The best word I can use is” obsessed “, he said.” I thought about it at night. “
Amy Holtshouse
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Purchase: 2024 to Ev6
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What she paid: $ 35,000
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What does a new model cost: $ 55,000
“I am a zealous believer that climate change is a real problem. It is caused by people and it is time to do what I could be part of the solution and not part of the problem,” said Mrs. Holtshouse, resident of Cleveland, who works in protection. Her 2024 Kia EV6 wore 13,000 miles.
Cathy Velasquez Eberhart
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Purchase: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt
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What she paid: $ 14,000
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What does a new model cost: 37 500 $
Many people have found that being Green also makes great financial meaning. Mrs. Velasquez Eberhart uses her Chevrolet Bolt from 2017, which she bought in 2023 for $ 14,000 after using a tax credit to provide deliveries for her small businesses in St. Paul, Minn., Family Coffee Velasquez, which sells roast coffee grown by her sister -in -law in Honduras.
“We haven’t spent any gas money for two years,” said Velasquez Eberhart, who is electricity to recharge the battery of the screw, costs about half as much as gasoline. The only maintenance was $ 100 to repair the rattle on the steering wheel.
Patrick Flynn
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Purchase: 2022 Nissan Leaf
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What did he pay: $ 28,000
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What does it cost new: 37 400 $
After a total of Mr. Flynn Ford F-150, he used $ 7,200 in insurance money to make a deposit for used 2022 Nissan Leaf. The rest of the purchase price financed $ 28,000. Now fuel savings are sufficient to cover its monthly payments, he said.
Mr. Flynn, who lives in the suburbs of Minneapolis and works in information technology at a local university, said he has some doubts about replacing his pickup for a much smaller sheet. But these doubts were soon dispersed. “I hated it,” he said. “I loved it. It’s much easier to drive than my pickup was.”
The used car market indicates how the wider car market can change as soon as new electric vehicles stand just like or less than vehicles running on fossil fuels. Experts expect electric vehicles with conventional cars to reach the bulk market by the end of this decade. At this point, the purchase decision will be based on what cars will best satisfy people’s needs.
“The first adoptors were people who took care of the environment,” said Pavel Zravlev, who sells used cars in PZ Global Auto, a business representation that he owns in Spring Lake Park, Minn. “Now they are people who just want a car that is reliable.”
Affordable electric vehicles may even be responsible for the slower growth of new electric vehicles, said Narayan, an analyst on the RBC capital markets that monitors the automotive industry. The data assembled by its team suggests that the electric vehicles used are siphonous buyers from new cars.
“The thing we see again and again is that the biggest factor is the price,” Narayan said. “It is not a wars with anxiety or culture, it is the price.”
Some of the best offers are on Teslas, which represent a large piece of inventory because the company sells electric cars in the United States longer than any other manufacturer.
As Teslas’s rental ends, many drivers are moving to competing brands – such as General Motors, Ford or Hyundai – creating a lot of teslas used. Many have made the transition because they are offended by Elon Musk’s behavior, CEO of Tesla, who has accepted the right -wing causes.
Martin Fleischmann, a business consultant who lives in Atlanta, does not like Mr. Musk. But when the Sedan saw the Tesla Model 3 2019 for some more than $ 14,000 after the tax credit, the agreement was too good to pass it on. “I didn’t see it as a political statement,” said Mr. Fleischmann. “It was just a great EV at a fantastic price.”
And a passionate runner, Mr. Fleischmann, covered the Tesla logo on the hood of the car with the sticker Boston Marathon.
