Here's Why Teslas Are Being Traded In For Gas Cars

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

This week on the TTAC podcast we talk with Jessica Caldwell, head of insights at Edmunds.com, about why Teslas are being traded in for gas cars -- and hybrids.

Matthew Guy and I discuss onboard-diagnostic tools and since NASCAR is taking time off for the Olympics, we dig into the off-track moves and rumors that take place during silly season.

You can find us here or wherever you get your podcasts. We thank Jessica and Matthew, and we thank Matt Posky for editing. Most of all, we thank you for listening!

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • The RamCharger will utterly shame the cybertruck.. even if it is made by dodge
  • VoGhost VoGhost on Aug 05, 2024
    Once again, TTAC gets duped. The Edmunds data excludes Tesla trade-ins at company owned stores, like Tesla and Rivian. The real data show that fully 70% of Teslas are traded in on... another Tesla. Another 10% are traded in for another EV, mostly Rivian. That's 80% right there. Another 4% get PHEVs, 2% get hybrids and 1% get diesel. Only 13% get straight gas. Once again, TTAC fails to live up to its name.
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    • ToolGuy ToolGuy on Aug 06, 2024
      If you listen to the podcast, Tim did his own pushback on the headline, since the headline number was actually higher five years ago.
  • Lorenzo If it's over 30 years old and over 80k miles, and not a classic, it's a parts car, worth no more than 20% of original price.
  • Dusterdude No mileage noted on a 33 year old car means likely well north of 300k + miles , along with issues noted , should equate to an ask price of less than $3k
  • Ajla IMO, something like this really should be naturally-aspirated.
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh Unless they are solid state batteries you BAN THEM. I like EVs... but EVs like to burn ... for days
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh uh .. it looks like a VW golf got the mumps
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