Dealer confidence in electric vehicles grows
Dealer confidence in electric vehicles is growing with more choosing to trade their part exchange electric vehicles than sell them at auction.
Autorola reported that electric vehicle volumes on its online platform fell by 11% in the third quarter of the year, suggesting a growing confidence among dealers to stock zero emission vehicles.
Neil Frost, Autorola’s managing director, said: “In 2023 and 2024 we had many more used EVs for sale on our online auction platform because dealers didn’t want to stock them. In 2025 that has changed dramatically with many EV part exchanges being retailed by dealers rather than sent to auction.
“It has helped that used EV prices have gently fallen in 2025 with many electric cars being retailed for between £8,000 and £12,000 or less, which is the sweet spot for consumers to give them confidence to switch to electric.
“October might see volumes rise again on the back of a healthy September 75-plate change month but generally dealers are now asking our account managers to identify used EV stock for them to buy.”
Hybrid prices
Meanwhile, used hybrid prices rose by 5.1% from the second to the third quarter, up from £20,225 to £21,261, although petrol remained the most popular fuel type accounting for 56.6% of all Autorola’s used car sales, with prices rising by 10.1% to £16,559.
Diesel sales accounted for 23% of Autorola’s sales on the back of a 4.7% fall in prices.
