US Electric Car Market at the Whim of Tesla Supply-vs-Demand Trends

A couple of days ago, I wrote about a somewhat complicated situation in the used electric car market . I included several notes for matters affecting used EV prices and time on lot. However, looking at some of the details further, I wanted to revisit this and highlight a very important point for the market now and going forward: the used electric car market in the US is, even broadly speaking, at the whim of Tesla’s supply-vs-demand trends. Starting with the matter of price , in 2022, many Tesla owners were selling or trading in their Teslas because they had retained so much value or had in some cases even risen in value. The issue…