The global automotive market is betting on electric cars. This becomes apparent when analyzing how much money leading car manufacturers are investing in the development of vehicles equipped with electric engines. Such cars lack an internal combustion engine. Instead of gasoline or diesel, they use electric power. The cost of 100 km on electric traction is about 12-15 UAH, which is 8-10 times less than the average cost of a diesel car's mileage, not to mention gasoline. Moreover, it's an eco-friendly mode of transportation, causing no harm to nature and running quietly.
Until recently, the mass distribution of electric cars was hindered by small mileage per charge and relatively long battery recharge times. Charging from a regular household socket takes 8-10 hours. The development of charging stations solves this problem, allowing the car to be charged in just 0.5-2 hours. The issue of small mileage is solved by more capacious batteries in new electric car models.
Popular Electric Car Brands from the USA
Notable representatives of the electric car class are the Tesla Model 3, Model S, and Nissan Leaf. They occupy the TOP-3 in the sales rating from US insurance auctions Copart and IAAI. According to statistical data, about 4500 of such cars were sold in 2020. But these models also have competitors, literally nipping at their heels: Fiat 500, Chevrolet Bolt, Volkswagen Golf, Smart Fortwo, BMW i series.
Popular Electric Car Years in 2020
With each year, the popularity of electric cars is growing more and more, and along with it, the level of sales of such cars at insurance auctions is increasing. Thus, in 2020, the most represented electric cars at auction were from 2018 and 2019.
Number of Electric Cars Sold in the USA in 2020
It's hard to call the sales of used electric cars at auctions in 2020 stable. Typically, buyers were not very active in the first months of the year. From January to March, an average of 380 cars were sold per month. Sales sharply increased in April, up to 500 cars. But an even bigger jump was in June. That month, about 600 cars were sold. Such fluctuations continued until the end of the year, and in December amounted to about 300 cars.
Prices for Electric Cars from the USA in 2020
Unlike sales fluctuations, prices for used electric cars in the USA throughout 2020 were roughly the same, within the range of 13-16 thousand dollars. The lowest prices for such cars at American auctions were in April 2020, during the coronavirus and global lockdown.
