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Used Tesla Prices Dropping More Than 3 Times That of Other EVs Tesla is no stranger to abrupt changes in pricing, with the latest reshuffling in January having made the Model 3 and the Model Y far more affordable.
But what about used Teslas?
The answer appears to be yes, with values for used models having declined since the start of the year by a significant margin.
"There's a case to be made that Teslas were overvalued until recently, but it's more accurate to say they represented where the market valued them at that time, and now the market is re-evaluating them," said iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer.
Does this mean that now is good time to start looking, or would it make more sense to hold out a little longer?
Read on to find out just when we could see used EV prices bottom out this year.
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This Company Is Testing Driverless EVs in Traffic By now we've seen a number of EVs used in testing autonomous tech, with GM's Cruise having launched a year ago working Level 4 robotaxis based on the Chevy Bolt. But when it comes to testing on public roads, we haven't yet seen an EV that was designed without any traditional driver controls.
That's exactly what Amazon-backed autonomous tech startup Zoox rolled out earlier this month, having developed its own EV platform without a driver's seat. The result is a Level 4 shuttle meant for four passengers, with the company having started service—for employees for now—in Foster City, California.
Is this a realistic preview of what we could see in the coming years as more companies begin testing their robotaxis, or will cost considerations dictate simpler engineering for such vehicles? |
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You Can't See the USA in Your Chevrolet Bolt Quite Yet Tesla's Supercharger network has been one the EV maker's greatest strengths over the past decade—and one of the least-debated aspects of the company. For one thing, Tesla actually poured quite a bit of effort into making the Supercharger network a success very early on—a success that most other automakers have not even tried to replicate due to the sheer cost and scale of the effort. The reliability of the network has also been nothing short of an anomaly in the current EV charging landscape, which is plagued by broken chargers operated by third parties.
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) system, launched a year ago by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, now aims to replicate the Supercharger network's success with grand plans for a national system of 500,000 stations set to be constructed over the next five years across the US.
What's more, the NEVI system aims for a a 97% reliability standard for charging stations that will be built as a part of this effort—well in excess of the reliability we're used to seeing at the moment. That's a high bar, needless to say, and the program's focus will be on interstate highways first and foremost, including the east-west I-80 route. Read on to find out more about this effort.
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