I'm shopping for my first Tesla so I signed up for a premium subscription on EV-CPO.com. On reviewing the price history of individual listings in the current used inventory, I can't help but observe that prices were trending downward at a greater than normal depreciation rate for 8-10 weeks up to May 16 when - seemingly at once - many of them shot up sharply. See the attached graphs for an example. As of this moment, 366/450 or 81% of used Model S' in the US inventory are offering Free Unlimited Supercharging and 306/450 or 68% (192/200 or 96% of those 2017 or newer) come with Full Self-Driving Capability included. *I deliberately omit Archived Listings data based on the ev-cpo.com terms.
I could be wrong. Does it look to anyone else like they are desperately trying to prop up prices in order to protect their historical advantage in resale value? Or is there some other strategy in play?
I could be wrong. Does it look to anyone else like they are desperately trying to prop up prices in order to protect their historical advantage in resale value? Or is there some other strategy in play?