Used EVs are the gift that keeps on giving. Bargain hunters can score huge savings on an older EV, but that’s just for starters. As bidirectional charging becomes more common, the up-and-coming crop of used EVs will provide owners and fleet managers with new opportunities to help balance their local … [continued]
As more and more battery electric vehicles (BEVs) reach their second (and even third) owners, buyers need and desire to have certified confidence in the most expensive and important part of the vehicle — the battery. The battery in an EV can cost up to one third of the price … [continued]
“What is it like to purchase and own a second hand electric car?” I asked Pat Pheeney at one of our recent EV owner meetups. He is the proud owner of the 9-year-old Nissan LEAF that stood out in the carpark. We met at the Cake & Coffee meeting at … [continued]
I’ve written updates on used electric car deals a number of times throughout the years. However, I’ve decided I want to do something a little more regular and methodical to track how this market is changing. With growing options, I had to really narrow down the parameters and what I’m … [continued]
Federal EV incentives are going away, but used electric cars are actually now selling faster than used conventional cars.
There are less than two weeks left to get a used electric car in the United States and get the $4,000 federal subsidy that was provided for them in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Republicans in Congress and the White House are killing this subsidy, and the last day … [continued]
This is, without a doubt, a weird year for electric vehicle sales in the United States. We’ve got Tesla, which scores about half of the country’s sales, dropping like a rock on the back of Elon Musk sprinting manically off of a political cliff. We had weak demand at the … [continued]
In June, I wrote an article about a used Mitsubishi i-MiEV that cost only about $1,000. The same guy who bought it, Kyle, just got another really cheap used electric vehicle — this time a Toyota RAV4 EV. There weren’t a lot of these EVs made and they go back … [continued]
Disclaimer: We are not tax professionals, and we recommend consulting with a tax professional about such matters before making important financial decisions related to taxes and tax credits. I recently wrote an article about the used electric vehicle tax credit that is available from the US government through September 30, … [continued]
I recently polled readers on what will happen to used electric car prices when the $4,000 US tax credit for used EVs goes away, and then reported back those results. However, in response to that second article, a few readers chimed in with some arguments on why they actually expect … [continued]
