E-car sales will reach records in 2023‎

Electric cars are more popular in the United States this year than ever before, according to data from Cox Automotive.

Although sales of electric cars have grown significantly over the past two years, this trend has accelerated this year.

According to “CNN”, American consumers bought about 300,000 battery electric cars in the second quarter of this year, a new record that exceeds sales for the whole of 2019, and is up 48% over last year’s sales, according to “Cox”. “.

The figure does not include sales of hybrid electric cars, which can run on gasoline or electricity and a battery, and can be recharged either with a charging cable or a generator powered by the engine.

Cox Automotive now expects that sales of fully electric cars in the United States will break the barrier of one million cars in 2023 for the first time ever, and as of the end of the second quarter of this year, more than 557,000 electric cars have been sold in the United States.

Experts say that sales of electric cars are driven by a number of factors, such as lower prices, the variety of cars available and more government and industrial investments, in addition to the law to reduce inflation.

Through the law, the federal government began providing tax breaks of up to $7,500 on the purchase of electric vehicles assembled in America at the beginning of the year.

Of the 97 models currently in the US market, only 18 electric car models qualify for these exemptions.

According to Cox Automotive, the best-selling electric vehicles this year are the Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model Y, Chevrolet Bolt, Rivian R1T, and Volkswagen AD4. Eligible for at least some tax exemption

The American research company said that the electric car market is entering a transitional phase

According to a survey released by the company in June, more than half of consumers are considering buying a new or used electric car over the next year, up from 38% in 2021, while the US Energy Information Administration expects electric vehicles to account for less than a third of car and truck sales through 2050.

Cox Automotive said that price is the biggest barrier for consumers to buy electric cars

Despite sharp price cuts by Tesla and Ford this year, electric vehicles are still more expensive than gasoline cars.

The average price of an electric vehicle in the United States in July was 53,469 dollars, compared to an average price of 48,334 dollars for all vehicles.

In a consumer survey conducted by Cox, the second biggest concern of those considering electric vehicles after price was the lack of access to charging stations.

Battery ranges have improved in recent years. The number of electric models with at least 300 miles of range has increased from 13 in 2021 to 51 in 2023, according to the US Department of Energy.

But the number of charging stations still lags behind what is needed to support wider adoption of electric vehicles

At the end of the first quarter of 2023, there were nearly 134,000 charging stations and 3.3 million electric vehicles on the road across the country, according to the Coalition for Automotive Innovation’s latest quarterly report on electric vehicles. ,

To meet the ratio of one charging station for every seven vehicles that the California Energy Commission believes will be necessary to support the state’s goal of 5 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, the country will have to install two and a half times more charging stations than it currently has.

The geographical distribution of electric vehicle charging stations varies, as approximately 30% of the charging station infrastructure is located in the state of California.

Cox Automotive said that ensuring that the charging infrastructure is in place and operational will be important to support future growth in electric vehicle sales, as will government and national incentives.

Last year, the California Air Resources Board voted to ban sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, and at least 17 other states have agreed to follow California’s lead.