The US auto industry took a bit of a whack in 2019. Excluding Tesla, auto sales were down by 177,839 units in 2019 compared to 2018. That said, only 13 auto brands saw their sales drop, while 18 saw their sales rise.
I may need to cancel my fun, popular, and extremely time consuming monthly reports for US auto sales. One by one, US automakers have stopped publishing monthly sales data. At this point, there are almost as many brands not reporting sales as there are reporting them.
We primarily cover the electric vehicle market here on CleanTechnica. However, context is important and that means sometimes looking at the broader automobile market. Therefore, I collect US auto sales data from almost all automakers on a monthly basis and take a look at their sales trends. I also split out car/sedan sales data for these automakers since the dominant, mass-market electric vehicle currently on the market is a car (the Tesla Model 3).
The US is heading for a down year in auto sales. The only bright spot is Tesla. So why is everyone bashing the one company that is succeeding at building US-made cars with American workers?
A recent article in Forbes highlighted that J.D. Power and LMC Automotive have found “a growing backlog of unsold new cars and trucks” across the country. The reason? Sales are down.
With the Chevy Volt highlighting its successes so far, the US Department of Energy announced yesterday a new round of $50 million in funding for new projects to bump the US auto industry up to more energy efficient and petroleum-independent technologies, including advanced batteries and other EV-related goodies. The new … [continued]
