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Used Teslas are piling up on the resale market. What to know if you are brave enough to buy one

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Listings for used Teslas in the first three months of 2025 on BCAA ’s marketplace website were up 37 per cent .

AutoTrader counted 2,465 Teslas listed on its site during the week of March 16 to 22 , the latest data available.

Despite the recent controversy, Tesla has been the most numerous EV brand in B.C. As of the end of 2023 , ICBC had registered some 54,000 Teslas .

The latest version of Transport Canada’s inspection manual doesn’t include EV specific rules, so EVs get the same inspection that an internal-combustion auto gets.

A lot of the EVs that ICBC writes off have been “semi destroyed” to start with.

Teslas tend to have complicated suspension systems vulnerable to wear.