Sales slump: EVs coming off financing agreements have been found to be worth less than the loans used to pay for them
Electric vehicle (EV) buyers are being plunged into negative equity in the latest sign that the switch to greener cars is stalling.
Vertu Motors warned that EVs coming off financing agreements have been found to be worth less than the loans used to pay for them.
The Government is facing a backlash over its EV quotas, which carmakers have said is driving supply levels way above demand.
Vertu, one of the country’s biggest dealership chains, said weak demand for electric models has ‘led to significant discounting’. This is leaving buyers with higher debts than the value of their cars.
Robert Forrester, chief executive of Vertu, said this ‘puts a brake on the new and used car market’.
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