Ellie Davis
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 11 Aug
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WSJ Tech News Briefing · Can’t Get Into a Restaurant? Blame the Reservation Apps. · 11 Aug 2026
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Why is leasing an EV getting more expensive?
The EV tax credit is no longer around.
This was a Biden-era policy measure and people who were buying a new EV could put $7,500 towards that purchase.
They could also put that tax credit towards leasing a car and people could...
get these lease deals for, in some cases, around $100 a month, especially when dealers were anticipating the EV tax credits expiration and they wanted to get those cars off their lots as fast as possible while the deal was still around.
Just how
On average, we've seen an increase in lease prices
Average monthly lease payments for EVs hit a low in July 2025 at $538 per month.
In June, that same price had risen to $707 per month.
And compared to the average monthly payment for a gas car, it's about $100 more.
The drivers that I spoke to really got hooked on EVs when they took the plunge and tried them out for the first time when they had the justification that prices were really low.
The drivers that I spoke to were excited about getting another EV.
And in some cases, they were shopping around in the market, really hoping to find another EV so that they could keep using the chargers that they had put into their homes when they got their first EV.
But some found they were not seeing options that they were interested in because they
The options for EVs now are really few.
There's not a lot of smaller EV options on the market within an affordable price range.
So it's pushed some consumers out of the EV market.
The analysts that I spoke to in the industry really think that those prices were once in a lifetime.
The consumers who acted when they did and they got an EV either through buying the car or getting a really good lease deal did the right thing.
They got a great deal, but they're probably never going to see that type of deal again.
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