Used EV retail sales rise 56% in October, AutoTrader says

• Used electric car retail sales rose 56% year over year in October, reaching one in 10 tracked used retail sales.
• Electric vehicles accounted for around one in four used cars sold under five years old.
• EVs were the only fuel type recording year-over-year price growth.
• Used car transactions posted their strongest third quarter since 2021; year-to-date performance was the best since before the pandemic.
• Cars took 29 days to sell in October, unchanged from a year earlier.

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