GM is claiming the quantity two spot in EV gross sales within the US for the third quarter of this yr, promoting 32,000 electrical autos. The automaker produces EVs throughout a number of manufacturers working on the identical platform, like Chevy’s Silverado, Blazer, and Equinox EVs, in addition to the GMC Hummer EV and the Cadillac Lyriq.
GM says it has offered a complete of 370,000 EVs in North America since 2016, together with 300,000 within the US particularly. Tesla continues to be the undisputed chief, with greater than 5 million autos offered since 2008.
In an e mail with The Verge, GM’s govt director of finance and gross sales communications James Cain wrote that gross sales have accelerated because the firm constructed a devoted EV platform (previously referred to as Ultium) and started producing battery cells by its joint ventures with LG and Samsung SDI. GM’s third-quarter EV gross sales beat out rival Ford by about 8,600 models, in keeping with Kelley Blue E book, as reported by The New York Occasions.
In the meantime, Ford spokesperson Dan Barbossa claims the Blue Oval stays “America’s No. 2 best-selling EV model behind Tesla.” In an e mail with The Verge, Barbossa wrote:
We stay the No. 2 model. GM is including each model EV (Chevy, GMC, Cadillac, and so forth) they promote and making a distinct declare.
Nonetheless, GM has a methods to go earlier than it achieves the aim of manufacturing 1 million EVs, which it beforehand projected it could accomplish by 2025. The corporate later distanced itself from that focus on when it turned clear that manufacturing troubles, charging difficulties, and excessive rates of interest would decelerate the speed of progress in EV gross sales within the US.
Ford had a robust early begin with stable gross sales of its all-electric Mustang Mach-E, launched in 2019, and the F-150 Lightning electrical truck in 2022. Throughout that timeframe, GM solely had the Chevy Bolt, constructed on an older battery platform. The Hummer EV truck launched in 2020, however general EV gross sales had been sluggish amid manufacturing troubles.
Ford additionally hit some snags alongside the best way, together with elements shortages. The corporate has misplaced billions of {dollars} in its Mannequin e division, the place revenues haven’t stored up with spending. Ford lately canceled a deliberate three-row SUV and has paused manufacturing of the F-150 Lightning till subsequent yr. Ford is inserting quite a lot of its hopes on its skunkworks group in Silicon Valley, creating its next-gen platform for cheaper EVs.
