What? I’m talking about buying it from Tesla. You pay them $47k and then at the end of the year receive a $7500 credit making your purchase price $39,500. I’m not referring to buying a used car at a new car’s price.

You have to refer to the possible selling price of your, now used 2024, used car. Thats how you determine how much depreciation has occurred.

Right here in your initial comment:

In 2022 a Tesla Model 3 LR cost $52k while you can get the exact same car new today for $47k.

I explained all of that in the post. Where is your question?

The whole basis of this argument was someone claiming that EVs suffer from ‘extra’ depreciation.

Not extra, but ‘disproportionately large’ depreciation across the board for BEVs. Sure there are many ICE cars depreciate just as quickly or even worse, but not all ICE cars. Thats the point that poster was making.

and I was simply asking for some real numbers to back that claim up.

And you got them.

All of your number mirror that of any other car on the road because a car with wear and tear on it isn’t as valuable as one without (the very definition I quoted above).

You’re still hung up on the less than prevalent “wear and tear” after we’ve been over that. You’re missing the forest for the trees.

I give up. Take a basic Accounting 101 course and post back here with the results of your argument with your professor about how appreciation and depreciation are calculated.

Good luck!