U.S. EV Sales Increased 89 Percent In 2021
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General Motors is ramping up its all-electric vehicle offerings, with plans to launch 30 new EV models globally by 2025. Now, according to a recent report, EV sales in the U.S. are on the rise, increasing 89 percent just last year.
Per figures reported by Cox Automotive, EV sales totaled 487,560 units in 2021, an 89-percent increase over the 257,872 units sold in 2020. The figures also reveal a 71.8-percent increase in EV sales in Q4 of 2021, up to 147,799 units as compared to the 86,010 units sold in Q4 of 2020.
According to Cox Automotive, EV sales may have risen even higher had production and inventory not been impacted by the ongoing global microchip shortage. Indeed, as Cox Automotive points out, sales of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV were more or less eliminated due to production woes and a battery recall issued in the second half of the year, the latter of which was tied to multiple fires and affected the entirety of the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV lineup.
Nevertheless, according to the figures, electrified sales – which includes BEVs, HEVs and PHEVs – made up 9.7 percent of all automotive sales last year, with 11.8 percent of sales being electrified vehicles in Q4 of 2021.
Tesla remained the most dominant EV automaker, taking up a resounding 72 percent of the EV market. However, that is a decline in market share as compared to 2020, during which Tesla held 80 percent of the EV market. Notably, in October of 2021, GM CEO Mary Barra stated that General Motors could catch up to Tesla in EV sales by the 2025 timeframe.
General Motors recently announced a whopping $7 billion in investments for the automaker’s Michigan-based production facilities, including $4 billion for the GM Orion facility for production of the new Chevy Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV, as well as $2.6 billion from a joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution to build a new Ultium Cells battery plant in Lansing.
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so this morning my outside temperature is 2 degrees below zero….tried to use my BATTERY (Lithium) drill that was FULLY charged (in my unheated shed) and my battery leaf blower to clear snow….neither worked for more than 30 seconds…..how will these Lithium battery vehicles run in this cold and for HOW LONG….bet most people in the USA keep their vehicles outside..anybody have any incite on this, or is this another issue our politicians have failed to research before mandating electric vehicles and outdoor tools
EVs condition the battery so they are not cold soaked especially if they are plugged in. It’s hard to compare your battery in your tools to a battery that weighs at least 1000 pounds in an EV.
You are just full of it. I’m in Wisconsin, you’re just full of it, period.
Right because everyone has the same experiences as you Dave you are definitely the expert on batteries.
That’s my experience? Yes. It’s everyone’s experience, do you think batteries act differently dependent on the owner? What a stupid thing to say.
Many disagree with you Dave even in these comments. Looks like you are in the minority here.
Yeah these days a lot of people disagree with facts and use Facebook as a source. Argue your point while using a reliable source, you can’t. No way a battery designed for use for 8 hours is only lasting 30sec because of temperature that just physically is impossible.
What you want to be true isn’t true because you say it.
You’re being willfully ignorant. Unwilling to hear facts. Paying $100 for a hand drill is different than paying $35,000+ for an electric vehicle. Even GM’s Chevy Bolt EV/EUV contain software that maintains a battery temperature to prevent loss of conductivity in colder climates….
I have an idea. Why don’t households with an EV also have an ICE vehicle for the winter, when the range drops drastically?
Oh yeah, because the monolithic EV diehards are my-way-or-the-highway types. I think several EVs are damn cool (Hummer especially), but if I ever own one, I’m going to have a good old fashioned V8 in my garage right next to it.
Nice thing about the free market, you can get what suits you, and so can I.
So the guy says something about his power tools then asks if anyone knows if that is what happens to ev cars and you say he’s lying lol.
He literally said something about power tools that doesn’t happen. A drill doesn’t go from 8hrs use to 30 second use because of cold weather
Neither do cars. Y’all are stupid AF.
My smartphone went from 25% to 0% within a matter of minutes in freezing temperatures. If a battery is old, it can shut down very quickly. Whether that’s true for cars or not, I cannot speak from personal experience, but if the power tools are anything like phones, I could see that happening. I keep all batteries indoors as much as possible.
I agree dave you are stupid AF. By the way nice personal attacks and insults
I’m stupid because I don’t listen to Facebook for my knowledge? Interesting…
I don’t have Facebook you must of meant to send that to someone else.
I don’t believe that for a second
You can believe whatever you want that’s not my concern. For a guy who has talked about Facebook twice now I think everyone on here knows who uses it and gets info from there.
+1. I m in Canada. We hit -28 celsius here over the night in the last week. So here EVs are designed in a way so they keep warm their batteries. We certainly loose about 40% of range in winter, but that s ok for most of us. Gas is super expensive here and electricity is cheaper than in the US, so it makes a lot of sense to buy an EV here in Canada. For the record, in some countries in Europe people are buying now more EVs then ICE vehicles.
Shhhh don’t tell that to the EV cultist. They will go into a huge rage.
Dude… you’re comparing a car to a drill. Think about that….
Most people have home where they park their cars, gas or electric. But if you don’t want to suffer more cold winters, move south. I did in 1962 from New York to Puerto Rico and I only visit in spring or fall. Saved thousands in heating and gasoline costs.
No, most people Do NOT have homes with a garage to park their cars. Most garages are full of junk and the car still winds up outside, and most people DON’T have a garage anyway. A typical comment from a typical rich liberal from the north. I keep my Corvette and the wife’s BMW in the garage, but my remaining 6 vehicles and RV remain outside under covered parking. So glad they aren’t electric toy golf carts but have real engines that don’t have to worry about the cold. Hope you enjoy your fancy golf cart in your retirement community.
Your solid battery is not liquid cooled in summer or liquid warmed in the winter. Thats how. Solid state batteries are TBD in the future. And regarding travels yeah right now its a slight burden if you stray more than 200 miles from home on a 300 mile battery in the cold but how often if ever do people do that? I think not often if at all. So the 200 miles will do one well even in coldest of temps for a 300+ mile rated battery. And once they make 400 or more standard its a mute point. It needs time to develop just like 100 year oil industry. Think of the first model T…what they traveled 20 miles on that gas tank? How easy we forget! This is all in its infancy. Just like cell phones have changed from BRICK size to bread slice size…I mean candy bar as they are called…so weill EVs. Patience yada son.
Model T 13-21mpg per Ford 2018 response to Sierra club hit piece.
You are right Charlie. The cars battery will DRAIN itself by Heating itself overnight, and will be dead either way! I guess they expect everyone who owns an EV is supposed to have a Heated Garage to park it in and be able to keep it plugged in all night. Won’t work for the vast majority of Americans who live in apartments or park outside of their house, with no heating and charging available overnight. Great paperweights!
EV batteries will not self-drain overnight. If they reach a certain state of charge they will not condition themselves anymore. Also, you can plug the car into any 120VAC outlet outside. It might not charge the car much, but it would supply enough power to keep the batteries conditioned.
I don’t understand how this is getting upvotes. You are trying to compare a car that is engineered to run on a battery that costs thousands of dollars and years to develop to a $50 drill battery. Straight Ignorance.
This is America people can upvote what they want you don’t like that move go to china where you can be a dictator. I downvoted you just because you wanna control others.
… This is an internet forum. It’s international.
Also, you think a regular guy can just move to China and be a dictator? You’ve got a pretty simple view of the world. Must be kinda nice not having much going on in there.
You don’t like that people are downvoting you then make your own forum and take the ability away to downvote. Are you using two names because I wrote that to Brandon?
@ Dave
Go back to fakebook and reddit you will fit right in with all the others who wear a tinfoil hat.
Dave
You have white privilege so of course you can move anywhere and do anything.
Brandon
So my understanding of your comment is you need complete random strangers on the internet you don’t know and will never meet to upvote you because you have no self esteem and you are insecure.
OK Charlie – first things first here….
1). In purchasing an electric vehicle – GM requires you to do one of two things every 24 hours…
In either freezing weather (under 32 deg F, or 0 deg centigrade) , or in extremely hot weather (think August 1st in Arizona) the car must either be turned on for 10 minutes or must be plugged in, so that either heating or refrigeration of the battery can take place.
2). A cold-soaked drill from china most likely does *NOT* have the very best quality battery available.
3). Admittedly, the coldest days of winter do not show off the best features of an EV, since the battery must be slightly heated, and there is no ‘free jacket’ heat available to heat the cabin as there is in an ICE vehicle….. These things subtract anywhere from 20-50% of the summer time range – depending on circumstances…. At a 50% reduction in range (all conditions absolutely the worst possible for an EV), the vehicle in most locales is still less expensive to refuel under the identical conditions for an Ice vehicle.
4). In the more moderate Winter days, the loss is far less, and the refueling expense is far less than an equivalent ICE vehicle during these days… It is less than 1/2 the cost in the other 3 seasons – with the exception of driving through Death Valley in the hottest of summer days…. I don’t notice air conditioning consumption where I live, but I could imagine it is at times, under the worst conditions, significant.
5). A technology’s failings are fine for legitimate discussion, but some of these (not yours) comments seem as though they are simply “Finding Fault” by people who would never purchase a plug-in vehicle under any circumstance… That isn’t being fair.
Was this a serious question or were you being sarcastic?
I do not mean any disrespect. I mean a power tool isn’t Torture tested to work at below Zero degrees but a BEV is just as an ICE vehicle is. What would make you think different?
I’ve been operating my electric snow shovel and electric snow blower, both battery operated at temps around -20C. No problem. Removed all snow in quick order. Flung the snow around 20 feet.
The country that has the highest percentage of Battery Electric Vehicles is partially in the Arctic Circle, Norway. They can’t buy enough of Teslas and now other EVs.
There iare many ways to make Lithium Ion battery packs. The car battery packs are of a much higher grade of battery than the batteries used for power tools. They really can’t be really compared since you can keep your batteries in the home where you can charge them. The the little excess heat while charging adds to your home when you want your home warmed. Win-win. When charged they are ready to go out into the cold to operate.
Yes batteries are to a degree climate controls. Warmed and cooled in many BEV applications.
The tipping point is coming. Only the willfully ignorant won’t see it coming.
The “tipping” point is because of regulation, not because of customers. If government says the only car you can buy is an EV, guess what you’ll buy? I also saw recently gas stoves are next on the chopping block. I imagine gas furnace days are numbered as well. All because, you guessed it, government. Of course it will be interesting when TCO is not what was promised. I’ve yet to see pizza delivery via ev, prius yes, ev no. A very TCO sensitive biz.
Pizzas are now baked in electric ovens and taste better.
That is your opinion not a fact.
If thats true, why are wood fired pizzas so popular. I think they definitely taste better, similar to when you grill food outdoors.
I’m agreeing with that. I think you meant that for raymond.
A few days ago it was -7 here in Michigan. We lost about 20% range. Realize that the battery is initially warmed off the stored energy. That comes right off the EVs range. After that the energy losses inherent in using the battery does much of the heating. Much of that remaining 20% loss is about heating the cabin. We are really pleased by our EV’s winter performance. Most people who have them are really pleasantly surprised.
PS I routinely use my DeWalt 20v batteries outside in this bitter weather. HOWEVER, I never charge them in this weather. That will damage the battery. The difference is that a cars BMS will warm the battery BEFORE it tries to charge it. It may be 0 degrees outside but its battery will think it is much warmer.
Too bad these ”climate controlled” batteries will drain themselves immensely trying to keep from freezing. Most people don’t have a heated garage with an electrical outlet to keep the EV toy batteries charged. They are great for the RICH but not great for the regular folks who live in apartments and don’t have access to heated garages and AC power for their fancy Golf Carts. Great for the rich to run around their Old Folks communities or around town, but not for the real working class. Of course, most of the rich on here don’t care about the working folks anyway.
I use a trickle charger ti keep the 12 volt battery in my Tahoe hybrid. The Hybrid battery has nothing to do with starting the ICE. But I notice that it takes a while for the hybrid to kick in when it’s zero out like this morning. Of course my 08 is a antique when it comes to technology.
Senior citizen with a Tesla, investing in GM. While I really enjoy our Tesla, don’t believe it’s the right vehicle for everyone. Hopefully, a significant number of EV’s will save our non-renewable petroleum for use in ICE vehicles needed or desired by so many.
Looking forward, apartment complexes will be installing multiple charging stations. Same at workplaces, grocery stores, shopping centers. Going to take time but will happen. Electricity is a renewable energy resource, oil is not. We must do what we can to use renewable resources for what we can, savings oil for the smaller number that need or want gas or diesel powered vehicles. I’m pro EV’s but not against ICE vehicles.
Renewables are going to come with caveats. Live in TX. I check the ERCOT site regularly. Believe it or not bad bad TX can be running as high as 50% renewables. I know TX, who’d have guessed it? Wind & solar regularly contribute 20-30%. But here is the thing, sometimes, not always, but sometimes when the grid needs it the most, wind and solar are down. So a typical 15GW of power production drops to 3GW. Happened a couple of mornings ago. 12GW is a great deal of power to be made up. Worse demand was up about 10GW over normal.So now ERCOT is sitting on a 25GW hole that I presume was made up by firing up nat gas peaker plants. ERCOT does not break that out from their main dashboard, just wind/solar. And the situation can last a day. So I see a future where residential users are automatically usage limited when demand spikes. I don’t see any other alternative. That is going to be a very unpopular approach.
If ERCOT was part of the national grid this would not be a problem. Maybe the solution is to join the rest of America so when one area has a shortfall they can share the excess of another area. Texas really can’t complain about a problem they make for themselves. Joining the national grid would be good for everyone. It would provide stability for the TEXAS grid and it would share that Wonderfull West Texas wind power with everyone else.
In the city next to my town, a lot of people live in “3 decker” housing. Many have on street parking next to a sidewalk. At this time of year, the cars get plowed in by passing snowplows. How are these people going to charge their own cars? Forget a garage, these people don’t even have a building to park next to. I’m not against EV’s but we need choice, not mandates.
i believe that instead of trying to kill new gas car sales altogether, ev’s and gas cars should coexist so the people who want or need the mechanically simpler, more energy efficient cars can get one, and the people like me, who drive engine cars, enjoy engine cars, build engine cars, and will likely only ever buy engine cars, can still get new gas cars. i guarantee you most non-enthusiasts would be just fine driving an ev for their commuter, which should help significantly with emissions targets, but many enthusiasts like myself are sticking hard to gas cars. companies pledging to go all-electric within the next 20 or so years is very alarming to me, because it tells me there’s little intent to allow this coexistence in the new car production world. instead of trying a route like this, the US government, and especially governments in europe, continue to tighten regulations and choke out the engine as we know it to eventually force people who don’t want electric to buy used.