On Jan. 6, GM delivery data for the U.S. market showed that the company sold only 26 electric vehicles in the fourth quarter of last year, including 25 Chevrolet Bolt electric cars and electric SUVs, and the remaining one was the newly launched Hummer electric pickup.
In the fourth quarter of last year, GM sold 6,701 Bolt electric vehicles and electric SUVs, which is also much stronger than this year in terms of quantity. The electric Hummer was the only electric pickup the company delivered last year, according to relevant data.
Seeing that GM's delivery results are so crotch-pulling, Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently teased GM on social media, saying that there is still "room for progress". I have to say that Musk is still too damaged, and when he sees that his peers are not performing well, he catches the hard mockery, but this time the aggression is obviously not as strong as before, and the emotional intelligence is higher.
It is worth mentioning that General Motors is being advertised by the White House as the leader of the electric vehicle market, and looking at the company's sales performance, it can be said that it is very ironic, Musk has every reason to talk to competitors, but he did not do so.
For comparison, Tesla delivered a total of 936172 electric vehicles in 2021, of which sales in the fourth quarter accounted for one-third of the whole year, reaching 308,600. Don't say that there is still room for improvement, GM can't even reach the tail of others, even if it is a new energy vehicle company that sells a crotch, it will not sell less than 30 electric vehicles in a quarter.
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Bolt (parameter | picture) Electric vehicles and electric SUVs have battery defects. GM said in August that it had suspended production of both cars.
The Bolt starts at $35,000 (about 223,000 yuan) in the U.S. market and is Tesla in terms of performance and price
Model 3 (parameter | picture) is a pity, because of a battery defect led to production stoppage, but also proved that mass production of electric vehicles is not easy for a traditional car company.
Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles and electric SUVs use lithium batteries provided by LG Chem, and some early Bolt models will falsely report the mileage of the vehicle in the case of low voltage, resulting in the car can not run normally. Previously, GM has recalled and replaced the problematic battery pack to the owner, but after this incident, not many people should be willing to pay for the Bolt.
In addition to electric vehicles being crushed by competitors, GM's traditional energy models have not been satisfactory. According to the latest U.S. car sales data, Toyota North America surpassed GM with 2332262 sales to become the sales champion in the U.S. market in 2021.
There is a mountain of electrification in the front, and there are various chasers such as Toyota in the back, and GM also needs to speed up the layout of the pure electric field, strive to reverse the decline as soon as possible, and regain the crown throne.