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Vermont electric-vehicle sales fell in 2025; dealers warn of leasing, revenue and used-market risks
Summary
At a House Transportation briefing Jan. 13, 2026, industry presenter Matt Coda said Vermont saw a decline in new battery-electric vehicle sales in 2025 — a 20% drop for BEVs and 28% for plug-in hybrids — and warned that a surge of leased EVs coming off term over the next 24–36 months could shape the used market and state transportation revenues.
At a Jan. 13 House Transportation Committee briefing, Matt Coda, who represents the Vermont Vehicle and Automotive Distributors Association, told lawmakers Vermont saw a notable retreat in electric-vehicle sales in 2025 and outlined downstream risks for the used-car market and transportation revenue.
Coda said Vermont registered roughly 100,000 vehicle purchases in 2025 and that, while gasoline and diesel sales have been broadly flat, the state’s new electric-vehicle market cooled: “A 20% drop in battery electric vehicles in 2025,” he said, and “a 28% decrease” in plug-in hybrid sales compared with 2024. He contrasted Vermont’s trajectory with a modest national increase in light-duty vehicle sales during the same period.
Why the drop? Coda pointed to several factors and cautioned against a single explanation. He described the end of a federal $7,500 tax credit — testified to as…
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