This article fails to mention that there was a brief period from 2021-2022 where ALL cars were priced way higher because of the supply chain woes. Tesla was ver

This article fails to mention that there was a brief period from 2021-2022 where ALL cars were priced way higher because of the supply chain woes. Tesla was very transparent about it and other carmakers were not. Model 3 long range was pushing 70k in California at one point. But at the same time, dealerships were selling Mazdas for 50k. Yes those people who bought at the peak will see extreme depreciation, but that is for all the cars. Funnily, that was also a time when a buddy of mine ended up selling his 2019 model 3 for a 8k profit because cars were that expensive.