Auto & Transportation

According to foreign media reports, in the first half of 2021, the number of electric car registrations in the United States more than doubled over the same period last year, accounting for 2.5% of all new car registrations.

According to data collected by Experian, as of June this year, there were 214,111 newly registered electric vehicles in the United States. In comparison, US electric vehicle sales reached 98,351 during the same period last year, accounting for 1.5% of all new car registrations.

Tesla continues to dominate the U.S. electric vehicle market. In the first half of this year, Tesla’s sales accounted for two-thirds of the total U.S. electric vehicle sales. Among them, Model Y has made a great contribution to the growth of U.S. electric vehicle sales. 81,802 vehicles were sold in the first half of the year, a sharp increase from 10,113 vehicles in the same period last year, accounting for 38.2% of the US electric vehicle market. Thanks to the strong demand for Bolt EV, Chevrolet ranked second with a market share of 9.6%. With its new Mustang Mach-E electric crossover, Ford has a 5.2% market share, ranking third.

Although the sharp rise in overall electric vehicle registration data reflects the growing demand for electric vehicles in the United States, it also shows that the United States still has a long way to go to achieve the newly announced sales targets for electric vehicles. Last week, US President Joe Biden set a goal that by 2030, half of all new cars sold in the United States will be zero-emissions.

Edmunds Insight executive director Jessica Caldwell said that although consumer demand for electric vehicles is still high enough by 2030, there is still doubt, but the product plans of automakers show that they are "steadily moving forward" toward this goal. In the next few years, automakers plan to launch more than 100 electric vehicles in the US market.

Caldwell said, "You must maintain the most positive attitude to prepare, because the trend may change in 2024 (presidential election), and then may change again in 2028."