Nearly 20% of Auctioned Teslas Have Salvage Titles: Report

EpicVIN data shows about 19% of auctioned Teslas carry salvage titles, more than double the 13.7% industry average. Despite an average fleet age of just 5.2 years, Tesla far exceeds the 7.5% rate for 5–8-year-old cars, while the Nissan Leaf sits at 9.5% and Hyundai Ioniq 5 at 2.4%.

• EpicVIN analyzed 273 million VINs across 338 models
• Industry average salvage rate is 13.7%; Tesla sits at 18–19%
• Model 3: 341,078 salvage-title cars, 19% of the sample
• GMC is 8.3%, Nissan Leaf 9.5%, Hyundai Ioniq 5 2.4%