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US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019

CleanTechnica EVs

It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these.

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US Auto Industry Down 3+ Million Sales (19%) Since 2019

CleanTechnica EVs

The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, there were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%).

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US Auto Industry Up 10% In 4th Quarter — But Down 16% Compared To Q4 2019

CleanTechnica EVs

The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […] In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip?

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EV prices soar, as one exec warns of market "collapse" if they don't get cheaper

Green Car Reports

EV prices are soaring at a non-sustainable rate, one auto-industry executive warns. Tesla has raised prices multiple times this year, and the GMC Hummer EV got a $6,250 price bump last week. Ford and Rivian have raised prices recently as well.

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Visiting Ford EV Center, Biden says, “The future of the auto industry is electric”

Plug in America

This week, President Joe Biden visited the Ford Motor Company Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, getting a preview of the all-electric version of their F-150 pickup truck, the highest-selling vehicle in the country. The future of the auto industry is electric,” said President Biden. There’s no turning back. …

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Ford doubles EV goal for 2023 and has a new semiconductor partner to help

Teslarati

Ford made several leaps forward in its push toward electric vehicles today. Ford CEO Jim Farley stated that the automaker has now doubled its electric vehicle production goals to 600,000 units by 2023. Ford also signed a non-binding contract with GlobalFoundries, a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor chip manufacturing.

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Tesla US Sales Up 104% While US Auto Industry Down 22%

CleanTechnica EVs

Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.