Used Tesla prices rise 4.3% while rest of EV market drops after tax credit ends
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<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/01/Model-Y-2-Along-the-Way-Tablet-CN.png-e1736950646574.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1392" /></div><p>A new study shows that used Tesla prices have climbed 4.3% since the federal EV tax credit expired on September 30, while nearly every other used electric vehicle has dropped an average of 3.6%. Used EV market share has plunged 20% over the same period.</p> <p>The data, from iSeeCars’ analysis of over 1.7 million used cars, paints a stark picture of a two-tier EV market emerging in the wake of the credit’s elimination, one where Tesla holds pricing power and everyone else scrambles to compensate.</p> <p>However, it appears to be a correction after Tesla’s used car prices were in free fall last year.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/25/used-tesla-prices-rise-4-3-while-rest-of-ev-market-drops-after-tax-credit-ends/#more-457130">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/01/Model-Y-2-Along-the-Way-Tablet-CN.png-e1736950646574.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1392" /></div><p>A new study shows that used Tesla prices have climbed 4.3% since the federal EV tax credit expired on September 30, while nearly every other used electric vehicle has dropped an average of 3.6%. Used EV market share has plunged 20% over the same period.</p>
<p>The data, from iSeeCars’ analysis of over 1.7 million used cars, paints a stark picture of a two-tier EV market emerging in the wake of the credit’s elimination, one where Tesla holds pricing power and everyone else scrambles to compensate.</p>
<p>However, it appears to be a correction after Tesla’s used car prices were in free fall last year.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/25/used-tesla-prices-rise-4-3-while-rest-of-ev-market-drops-after-tax-credit-ends/#more-457130">more…</a>