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Study Suggests Automakers Lose $6,000 On Each EV Sold

The Truth About Cars

Boston Consulting Group, an American-based global management consulting firm that issued the report, said the figure accounts for customer tax credits — painting a rather bleak picture for the future of EVs. Nearly 40 percent of 3,000 U.S. But they expressed strict requirements to make the jump.

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If $50,000 EVs still lose $6,000, when will EVs become profitable?

Baua Electric

Legacy automakers are still losing thousands of dollars on many EV sales, according to newly published analysis from the Boston Consulting Group. Tesla is turning a profit on its EVs, but it definitely helps to have the bestselling vehicle on the planet and no legacy internal-combustion business to tend to.

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U.S. EV adoption is happening faster than anticipated

Teslarati

The research directly contradicts and challenges a statement by Jack Hollis, the executive vice president of sales at Toyota Motor North America. ” Credit: Recurrent Auto. I would say that this is a true reflection of market demand and not any government policy whether it’s a ban or a tax credit.”

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . For $50k you can get a Tesla sedan which will get hundreds of miles strictly on electric.

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