Thanks to efforts across the community to learn and share how EVs age, used car buyers have begun to figure out that used EV values are determined by battery health, not its odometer reading. This is visible at all stages of the car buying process.
While it seems natural that the agency tasked with MPG and MPGe ratings might expand to cover EV range, the range estimates provided by the EPA are notoriously unreliable. Recent Consumer Reports testing on a variety of new EVs showed that EPA range estimates are 10-70 miles off from real-world driving tests.
It’s not just Tesla anymore. Dozens of new EV models have launched in 2021 and 2022 with more planned for 2023. A wider selection of vehicles and price points is bringing in new first-time EV drivers, as is a maturing used market.