EV prices are being reduced amid weaker demand and lower-than-anticipated value in the used auto market, but early electric and hybrid vehicles have begun to draw interest from collectors.Power and beauty don't hurt either, making the original Tesla Roadster and BMW i8 popular.
"What people like when they're younger becomes collectible when they're older," said Daniel Strohl, editor of the collector car publication Hemmings Daily."We saw that with the muscle cars boomers collected, and we're seeing it now with 1980s trucks and Japanese imports that are popular with younger collectors.
Tesla has a new Roadster in the works that is due to begin delivery in 2025. The four-passenger coupe is expected to start at $200,000, and CEO Elon Musk says it will accelerate to 60 miles per hour in less than one second, which would make it the quickest road-legal car sold in the U.S., if true.remains the most efficient road car ever sold with a combustion engine.