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World丨Discounts fail to help drive EV sales in US

CHINADAILY  · 公众号  · 时评  · 2024-08-16 11:22

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People in the United States haven't revved up their enthusiasm for electric vehicles despite plenty of dealerships nationwide offering steep discounts. Meanwhile, in China, EV sales are soaring.    The drop in demand for EVs in the US comes after international automakers bet big and invested billions of dollars over the past few years in EV fleets.    In 2023, EV sales grew nearly 50 percent, according to data from Motor Intelligence, a vehicle sales data provider in the US. In the first six months of this year, growth increased by just 6.8 percent as consumer interest waned.    Richard, who declined to give his surname, is a buyer for Major World, a large auto dealership in Long Island City, Queens, New York, which sells new and used cars, EVs, trucks and SUVs.    He told China Daily: "We bought a lot of EVs that go toward the taxi and limousine people, but most people don't come in looking for (EVs); they prefer other non-EV cars."    EVs at the dealership range in price fr ………………………………

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