London, September 16, 2024, (Oilandgaspress) ––The Government must act now to avoid further volatility in used electric vehicle (EV) values, which is damaging confidence in the transition and making new EVs more expensive.
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Used EV values have fallen 50% over the last 24 months. The BVRLA is warning that the sector risks seeing further drops if no action is taken.
These falling values create a short-term benefit to used EV buyers but come at a huge cost to the finance companies and dealers that own and sell these rapidly depreciating assets.
As a result, confidence in how well electric vehicles will perform in the used market is waning, putting pressure on finance companies to increase the monthly lease rates for new EVs to cover their potential losses.
This negative loop is set to accelerate in the coming years. An ever-increasing wave of second-hand EVs will hit the used market, with insufficient demand to absorb it.
There are already signs that this used EV supply-demand imbalance is hampering demand for new EVs. By 2027, Oxford Economics believes that the collapse in used EV values will have resulted in nearly 300,000 fewer new electric cars being sold.
The warning came as part of the association’s annual Parliamentary Reception, where it launched the #happyEVafter campaign. In conjunction with Auto Trader, EVA England, and the NFDA, the campaign outlines where policy changes, targeted incentives, and collaboration between government and industry can create a smoother transition that benefits all drivers.
Poor residual values and the resulting inflationary pressure on new EV lease rates has already seen 220,000 lost EV registrations, leaving millions of tonnes of CO2 in the road transport network.
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