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Another Quarter, Another Record: EV Sales in the U.S. Surpass 300,000 in Q3, as Tesla Share of EV Segment Tumbles to 50% 10/12/2023 Electric vehicle (EV) sales volumes set another record in Q3, as total sales of battery-powered vehicles jumped past 300,000 for the first time in the U.S. market. Year-to-date EV sales through September reached just over 873,000, putting the market firmly on track to surpass 1 million for the first time ever. The milestone will likely be achieved in November. Total EV sales in Q3, according to an… Read Article

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BYD Motors, Cox Automotive Announce Groundbreaking Service Partnership in U.S. Market 09/28/2023 ATLANTA (Sept. 27, 2023) – BYD Motors and Cox Automotive announced today the two companies have entered into a service agreement that covers BYD customers and their growing fleets of class 6 and class 8 trucks within the United States with 24/7 roadside support and a nationwide network of EV-trained service technicians. “This agreement with a nationally respected fleet services leader in Cox Automotive bolsters the… Read Article

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Electric Vehicle Sales in Q2 Strike Another Record, but Growth Ahead Will Be Hard Fought 07/12/2023 Nearly 300,000 new electric vehicles (EVs) – full battery-electric vehicles – were sold in the U.S. in Q2, a record for any quarter and an increase of 48.4% from Q2 2022. Tesla, again, was the largest seller of EVs in the U.S., with more than 175,000 sold, an increase of 34.8% quarter over quarter. Sales growth at Tesla, and the EV segment overall, was aided by… Read Article

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Another Record Broken: Q1 Electric Vehicle Sales Surpass 250,000, as EV Market Share in the U.S. Jumps to 7.2% of Total Sales 04/12/2023 For more than a year now, the Industry Insights team at Cox Automotive has been expecting monthly new-vehicle sales to improve. In most of 2022, monthly sales volume was consistently stuck at around 1.1 million units as low new-vehicle inventory levels squeezed sales. Inventory has improved notably, and new-vehicle sales are increasing. Inventory volume in Q1 was up by 70% compared to the same timeframe last… Read Article

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In a Down Market, EV Sales Soar to New Record 01/13/2023 In an auto market that saw total new vehicles fall 8% year over year, battery-electric vehicles (EVs) sales were a bright spot. According to the latest counts from Kelley Blue Book, total new-vehicle sales in the U.S. fell in 2022 to 13.8 million units, down from 15 million in 2021 and well down from the 17.3 million the market delivered five years ago in 2018. As… Read Article

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General Motors Holds Onto Top Spot, EV Sales Hit New Record, Tesla is Luxury Leader: Takeaways from Q3 2022 U.S. Auto Sales 10/14/2022 New-vehicle sales in the U.S. were remarkably stable through the third quarter of 2022. Sales volumes in July came in at 1.14 million units and followed in August at 1.14 million. September sales dropped a bit, to 1.12 million. In fact, the Q3 average of 1.13 million sales a month was aligned with the market average sales volume for the past year, which was, again, an… Read Article

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10 Takeaways from U.S. Auto Sales: Q2 2022 07/19/2022 New-vehicle sales in Q2 were off by more than 20%, as tight inventory continues to hold back the market. High prices are certainly impacting some buyers, but the Industry Insights team at Cox Automotive continues to believe new-vehicle demand is relatively healthy and, with sufficient supply, sales volumes could be higher. At the end of Q2, Cox Automotive lowered its full-year forecast to 14.4 million new-vehicles… Read Article

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EV Sales Hit New Record in Q2 2022 07/13/2022 This much we know: New-vehicle sales in the second quarter struggled, up only modestly from the first quarter and down more than 20% from Q2 2021. The reasons are well documented – tight inventory, high prices, consumer sentiment dropping. There were a few positive notes in the Q2 sales numbers, and among them EV sales stood out the most. Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles – pure… Read Article

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10 Takeaways from U.S. Auto Sales: Q1 2022 04/20/2022 New-vehicle sales last quarter came in at 3.3 million, according to the latest Kelley Blue Book counts, a drop from 3.9 million in the first quarter of 2021. Sales in the quarter were down 15.7% year over year, but as the Cox Automotive Industry Insights team has repeatedly stated: There is NOT a demand problem in the market right now. There are plenty of interested—and… Read Article

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Strong Finish: EV Sales Mark New Record in Fourth Quarter Of 2021 01/25/2022 New-vehicles sales in 2021 increased less than 4% compared to 2020, but sales of electrified vehicles continue to surge. In all, nearly 1.5 million electrified vehicles – the combined total of EVs, hybrids and plug-in hybrids – were sold in the U.S. last year. In the fourth quarter, sales of pure battery-electric vehicles jumped 72% to a record 147,799 – the best quarter ever for EVs,… Read Article

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