Cinch finds EVs outsell diesels for the first time on the used market
More EVs were sold on the used car market than diesels for the first time in August 2025, with new data from Cinch showing that electrified vehicles outsold oil burners 16% to 13% last month.
This is a start contrast to August 2024, when EVs comprised 10% of all sales and diesels made up 19%. The information also showed that Cinch sold 66 different EV models last month, compared to 47 during the same period in 2024.
The brand’s head of electric vehicles, Abhishek Sampat, believes that the increase is driven by increased variety on the market. He commented: “EVs used to be a relatively niche choice in the used car market, but not anymore – one in every six cars we sell is now an EV, and the uptake is growing each month.
“The variety of vehicles now available – from family-friendly SUVs to small, affordable hatchbacks – is being driven by consumer demand.”
Sampat’s comments are reflected in Cinch’s top-selling EVs of 2025 so far, with the Tesla Model 3, Nissan Leaf, Mini Electric, Vauxhall Corsa Electric, and the Kia e-Niro ranking as the top five most popular in that order.
Rounding out the top 10 were the Volkswagen ID.3, the Hyundai Kona Electric, the Renault Zoe, the Vauxhall Mokka Electric, and the Jaguar I-Pace respectively.
Cinch also reported that EVs were selling at a rate 43% faster than diesels and 29% faster than petrols.
The top 10 quickest-selling EVs were the Škoda Enyaq, the Renault Zoe, the MG ZS, the Citroen e-C4, the Hyundai Kona, the Kia e-Niro, the Mini Electric, the Peugeot e-2008, the Tesla Model Y, and the Tesla Model 3.
Cinch says that the emergence of competitively-priced Chinese brands including BYD and Omoda – plus heritage brands switching to electric allows for a healthy level of price competition between carmakers on the new and used market.
Despite increasing inflation over the last year, the average price of an EV sold via Cinch dropped by 3% to just under £16,000.
On the back of this information, Sampat believes that the once-high cost of EVs is no longer a barrier in making the transition from diesel or petrol to electric – in August this year, the cheapest EV sold on Cinch was a £7,000 Smart forfour, while the most expensive was a £51,000 Porsche Taycan.
“Many buyers are still looking for a diesel, and there are good reasons for doing so, but if a barrier to going electric has been the price of the car it may be time to reconsider,” he said. “The average price of an EV has come down in the last 12 months, driven by lots of new models launching at the value end of the market.
“In fact, the average sold price of an EV on cinch during August 2025 was actually 4% cheaper than the average price of a diesel.”
