EXCLUSIVE'We don't want your electric cars': Why half of used モーター 売買業者s are 気が進まない to buy second-手渡す EVs

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'Shocking 価値低下' of electric cars last year has made half of モーター 売買業者s 用心深い of buying them to 在庫／株 their forecourts, によれば a new 報告（する）／憶測.

Owners of electric 乗り物s (EVs) are 存在 警告するd to '推定する／予想する little enthusiasm' when trying to sell their 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd cars to dealerships, a 投票 of second-手渡す モーター 仲買人s by?HonkHonk 示唆するs.

More than one in three 売買業者s said they are 'much いっそう少なく 利益／興味d' than a year ago in taking an EV off somebody's 手渡すs, while one in eight are 'a bit いっそう少なく 利益／興味d' having seen thousands of 続けざまに猛撃するs 存在 wiped off the value of these cars when prices 急落するd last year.

Used car 売買業者s 気が進まない to 追加する to their EV 在庫／株: A 投票 of second-手渡す モーター 仲買人s 設立する that half are いっそう少なく willing to buy second-手渡す electric 乗り物s over 関心s about their value

EV pr ice 拒絶する／低下するs were 広範囲にわたって 報告（する）／憶測d by This is Money in 2023.

In December, we 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d the 30 electric cars that had shed most value during the calendar year based on data 供給（する）d by market 専門家s, cap hpi.

The worst was the Seat Mii Electric. A year-old example of this 殴打／砲列-力／強力にするd city car would have been 価値（がある） £18,650 at the beginning of 2023, but a 12-month-old Mii by December was valued at only £10,150 - that's デフレ of 46 per cent.

In fact, the 10 biggest nosediving EVs last year slipped in value by over 39 per cent - and older models were 攻撃する，衝突する just as hard.

HonkHonk, a 貿易（する）ing 壇・綱領・公約 that brings 運転者s together with 売買業者s who want to buy 在庫／株 of used モーターs, says that because price 落ちるs last year wiped almost half from the value of some EVs, 売買業者s are 'afraid' to 在庫／株 them today believing there is little to 伸び（る） ーに関して／ーの点でs of 利益（をあげる）.

In a 調査する of 66 独立した・無所属 売買業者s across the country, it asked if their 態度 toward buying EVs for their forecourts had changed compared with 12 months earlier.

More than half said their 意向 to 購入（する） 在庫／株 of EVs had 拒絶する／低下するd.

Over a third - 38.5 per cent - said they were 'much いっそう少なく 利益／興味d', while another 12.3 per cent were 'a bit いっそう少なく 利益／興味d' to take on fresh EV 在庫／株.

In contrast, only 7.7 per cent answered the 調査する to say they were much more 利益／興味d or a bit more 利益／興味d in taking on electric cars from owners.?

売買業者s' 拒絶 to take on fresh 在庫／株 of EVs could 押し進める values even lower, with owners 軍隊d to take いっそう少なく if they want to 取って代わる them with something else.?

Sebastien Duval, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of HonkHonk, said: 'The problem is that the shocking 価値低下 we saw last year for many EV models has left 売買業者s worried that they'll lose money if a car doesn't sell 急速な／放蕩な.

'It's a 劇の contrast with 売買業者 appetite for buying in general for 在庫／株, because we're seeing 需要・要求する go through the roof for other cars, when HonkHonk 使用者s 申し込む／申し出 them.

'権利 now, 売買業者s can't get enough small or medium 石油 cars, medium ディーゼルs and even hybrids, since the market began 回復するing in 2024. But いっそう少なく than one in ten want to snap up a 殴打／砲列 EV car more than they did than a year ago.'

売買業者s' 拒絶 to take on fresh 在庫／株 of EVs could 押し進める values even lower, with owners 軍隊d to take いっそう少なく if they want to 取って代わる them with something else

Market 分析家s have 報告（する）／憶測d that EVs are partly the 犠牲者 of their own success, with 供給（する） 増加するing in the used market and 早い 改良s to the 最新の new models making used examples いっそう少なく rare but also いっそう少なく attractive to 運転者s.

連合させるd with the 現在進行中の problems of an 不十分な 非難する 組織／基盤／下部構造, the previous 世代s of EV - with their lower mileage 範囲s - are losing out to the 肉親，親類d of smaller 石油 and ディーゼル cars drivers 信用 and the 改善するd but expensive new EV model 範囲s.

This is 押し進めるing 負かす／撃墜する the price 売買業者s are willing to 支払う／賃金 for EVs in 事例／患者s where they are happy to 追加する them to their 在庫／株.

One Jaguar I-Pace?driver commented on an owner's 会議 that the JLR 売買業者 they use 申し込む／申し出d to take their 18-month-old, 5,000-mile electric 高級な car - which cost £77,000 new - in part-交流 at a value of £27,000. That 代表するs a loss of £50,000 (-65 per cent) in just a year-and-a-half.?

Duval said: '売買業者s are much more 危険 averse after the difficult market they experienced last year, which means they're hungry for cars that they know they can turn around for a quick sale.

'It's good news for anyone wanting to sell their 伝統的な economical family car direct to a 売買業者 but we 警告する anyone wanting to sell their older EV not to 推定する／予想する much enthusiasm from 売買業者s.?

'They are probably better advised to 貿易（する） their older EV in to the 売買業者 who is selling them another new EV.'

自動車 仲買人 says EV values are 負かす／撃墜する but 消費者 需要・要求する for used models remains?

However, 自動車 仲買人 paints a わずかに different picture of the 存在するing level of 需要・要求する for second-手渡す EVs, based on activity on its website. In fact, it says market health for electric cars is far greater than 石油s at the moment.?

In its February 小売 Price 索引, which is based on 分析 of around 800,000 モーターs for sale on its 壇・綱領・公約, it said it is seeing plenty of 需要・要求する for second-手渡す EVs.

Appetite for used electric cars '殺到するd a 大規模な 81.5 per cent year-on-year in February,' the 報告（する）／憶測 明言する／公表するs.

It said this 連合させるd with a -1.1 per cent 落ちる in 供給（する）, which in turn drove a whopping 83.6 per cent 増加する in what it calls 'market health'.

自動車 仲買人 says it is seeing strong 需要・要求する for EVs on its website, though this isn't stopping the value of EVs 拒絶する／低下するing in the last 12 months. The 普通の／平均（する） advertised price for an electric car on the 壇・綱領・公約 in February was 16% lower than a year earlier

需要・要求する for a 賞与金 brand EVs was up 77.3 per cent (供給（する） up 10.4 per cent), while mainstream '容積／容量 brand' EVs were up 58 per cent (供給（する） 負かす／撃墜する -10.7 per cent).?

Appetite for ‘最高の 賞与金’ brand electric cars (like Porsche's Taycan) was up 175 per cent in February, にもかかわらず a 37.6 per cent 増加する in 供給（する） of models entering the used market.?

By contrast, 需要・要求する for used 石油 cars (6.2 per cent) was only just ahead of 供給（する） (5.6 per cent), resulting in a 保守的な 0.6 per cent 増加する in market health.?

Yet 自動車 仲買人's own data shows there has been a big 落ちる in 普通の／平均（する） used EV values in the last 12 months.

In February 2023, the 普通の／平均（する） asking price of a second-手渡す electric car was £33,701. 急速な／放蕩な-今後 a year and last month's 普通の／平均（する） price fell by almost 16 per cent to £28,488.

デフレ is even more 重要な looking 支援する over a two-year period.?

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For 賞与金-branded EVs - such as BMWs, Mercedes' and Teslas - the 普通の／平均（する） asking price last month of £34,500 was 32 per cent 負かす／撃墜する on February 2022 (£50,500).

While second-手渡す 石油 cars have also dropped, they have fallen at a slower 率.

The 普通の／平均（する） price of a used 石油 model fell from £16,062 to £14,978 - a 下落する of 7 per cent.

Richard Walker, data and insight director at 自動車 仲買人 told This is Money that the 増加する in 供給（する） of used EVs and greater 競争 is 広大な／多数の／重要な new for 買い手s - though not so much so for 販売人s.

'需要・要求する for second-手渡す electric cars has been strong with advert 見解（をとる）s on our marketplace almost 二塁打ing year-on-year to 17.5million in January and February and the 株 of enquiries sent to retailers for EVs has also 増加するd.?Therefore, with more 供給（する） comes more choice, and so more 買い手s - it’s 広大な／多数の／重要な to see the market 円熟したing and 開始 up electric 乗り物s to a wider 範囲 of drivers,' he explained.

'Two-year-old electric cars in particular are 伸び（る）ing lots of 利益／興味 as their more attractive price points enable 消費者s to afford the cars - 反して brand new EVs still carry a hefty price 賞与金 putting them out of reach for many.

'Whilst price 減少（する）s last year did have an 衝撃 on 信用／信任 in the used electric car market, the growth in 需要・要求する now that pricing is more accessible shows that people are keen to try an electric car - crucially when the price is 権利 ? and with 可能性のある 維持費 貯金 現在／一般に £131 per 1,000 miles driven, it’s not surprising more people are considering making the switch.'

A 最近の 投票 of almost 12,000 drivers by AA Cars 設立する that almost a fifth (18 per cent) are more open to buying a second-手渡す EV in the next five years as a result of 落ちるing used price s.

Some 16 per cent said they are now more likely to buy a second-手渡す EV in the next five years - an 付加 2 per cent said it made them more likely to buy one in the next year.

Only one in ten drivers (9 per cent) said that if they buy an EV, it would need to be a new one.