GM typically doesn’t post monthly sales numbers, but was compelled to boast a bit after Chevy surpassed Ford in EV sales during the month of May, 2025.
GM states that the Bow Tie brand recorded over 37,000 EV sales in the U.S. market for the 2025 calendar year through May, outpacing Ford’s 34,000 EV units sold during the same time period and establishing Chevrolet as the fastest-growing domestic EV brand in Q1 of the 2025 calendar year. The latest sales performance helped GM secure the number-two spot among all EV sellers nationwide, with more than 62,000 units sold across its brands year-to-date through May.
Overall, GM’s Q1 2025 EV sales soared 97 percent year-over-year, totaling 31,886 units for the quarter. The surge was led by the Equinox EV, which alone accounted for 10,329 deliveries, or roughly a third of GM’s EV volume. The midsize Blazer EV followed with 6,187 units sold, while the Cadillac Lyriq added 4,300 deliveries. The newly added Cadillac Optiq contributed 1,716 units to the tally, further expanding GM’s BEV3-platform crossover portfolio.
The General’s full-size electric SUVs and pickups portfolio also showed some growing momentum. The Cadillac Escalade IQ moved 1,956 units in Q1, while the BT1-based Chevy Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV posted 2,383 and 1,249 deliveries, respectively. The GMC Hummer EV Pickup and SUV provided a combined 3,479 deliveries.
May of 2025 marked GM’s second-best EV sales month in the company’s history, posting a 15.5 percent EV market share through the early months of Q2, more than double from the same period in 2024 and bringing GM closer to parity with its overall U.S. vehicle market share of 17 percent. According to GM Executive Vice President Rory Harvey, the strong sales performance reflects rising consumer interest across GM’s full spectrum of powertrains, including both ICE and EV models.
In support of EV demand, GM is also addressing the need to expand the broader national charging infrastructure. Customers now have access to more than 250,000 public chargers, which is bolstered by GM’s partnerships with Pilot Company and EVgo, bringing DC fast chargers to more than 130 locations in over 25 states. GM is also investing its its joint venture with Ionna, which aims to deploy 30,000 high-speed charging bays across the U.S. by 2030.
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one of my acquaintances picked one of these this past weekend. He likes it, Traded in a Honda Pilot for it
The new Bolt will be a huge seller. It’s just what the EV market needs.
If it ever gets here . .
On the ‘if’:
Right. -Just like the PHEV, don’t hold your breath! -Remember who’s in charge!
Thank you for your usual negetivity.
Would be interesting for GMA to report on GM’s global EV sales figures.
Latest survey has only 16% of Americans willing to consider an EV (and falling monthly), yet GM regularly keeps cranking out new ones, absurdly. Oh, Mary, really?
Care you provide which survey that is? The percent of buyers is believable, but it isn’t falling. As range and charging network expand (that is the #1 concern to buyers) that pool slowly grows. Like it or not, we are heading to an EV world and GM is easing themselves into it. They should do some hybrids as a stop gap (my preferred set up across the board) and they are, but we will run out of oil in 50ish years and no one is seriously making alternative fuels. If they get charge times way down, that would open a huge pool of buyers and upgrade the infrastructure to be more reliable and even I would be game as I like some of the perks to EV’s (lower maintenance with less parts, right now power, charging at home, etc).
According to Rextag Energy Data Intelligence:
Oil Reserves: The U.S. holds about 1.66 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil.
Current Usage: Enough to last 227 years at the current rate of consumption.
Gasoline Production: This could fuel the transportation sector for 539 years if solely used for gasoline based on 2023 usage levels.
Comparison: This is a 15% increase from the 2011 IER estimate and over 5.6 times the proved reserves of Saudi Arabia.
So what? It is a known fact, why bringing it up again out of the context?
People have choices and that’s what matter.
If there is something that the automakers can sell and make money on it, they will do it
Oh really. Then according to REAL statistics G.M. is selling more E.V.s then last year.
Give your nogin a shake. ( or what ever you think with) 16 % . When G.M. will sells 14 % of those vehicles you say dat is obsurdly. OH B_achy29579 REALLY????
DOH! LOL.
It was a recent AAA survey covered by Autoweek. Easy to find.
Green Mary bet the business that full BEVs were the only path forward while buyers and their wallets strongly favor all-of-the-above for options. gm will be late to the party again with me-too hybrids and PHEVs when they had the opportunity to lead from the start.
As a gen-xr that still has cable, it’s annoying seeing the Toyota commercials that advertise themselves as the top selling retail brand.
Maybe there is room to squeeze in another turbo-3 1.xL CUV in the lineup to fill the gap while we wait.
The AAA survey included people who aren’t buying a car in the next year. For those that are, 24% of vehicle shoppers in the are “very likely” to consider purchasing an EV; an additional 35% said they are “somewhat likely” to do so, which J.D Power says is unchanged from last year. That’s who GM is targeting, as their sales increase figures show.
BTW Toyota is introducing 7 new EV models in the next 2 years, powered by new battery factory in North Carolina, producing up to 300,000 EV batteries annually at full capacity. Looks like going green is contagious.
GM wont have a problem with the PHEV because they invented it. They can just bring the Volt Drive Train back out and it was superior to the plug in Prius.
Emphasis on was. Indeed at the time GM’s PHEV was better than Toyota but Toyota stepped up its PHEV game big time while GM pulled out. If you bring out the exact same PHEV setup today with no updates not only Toyota but even Ford will eat GM’s breakfast, lunch and dinner.
gm lost 40 grand on every Volt. So that could be a problem.
*That they implemented and abandoned ’cause who wants that nonsense anyhow.
No Ford fan but I’m pretty sure Ford isn’t too worried about giving up the #2 stop in EV sales since they’re losing $5B year producing and selling them. That and they’ve already stated they’re cutting their investment (and production) in same.
Last year, gm stated they had hoped to start making money on their EV portfolio this year but that was predicated on a rich mix of high priced EV trucks which isn’t happening. We haven’t heard a peep from CFO Paul Jacobson about EV profitability so we can safety assume, like Ford, they’re also underwater on EV profitability. Unlike Ford, they won’t break out the EV numbers…at least until they can claim a profit.
Actually when Volt 2 came out also the Chevy Malibu Hybrid they were making money as they took the rare earth magnetic out. GM wanted to go full EV because it made sense. The PHEV approach to an engineer is silly. Way too complex. More things to break and long term they age poorly. All the Toyota Prius are dead now with bad battery packs as they were not liquid cooled like the GM.
The upcoming Bolt can be a huge seller if it is the right size vehicle.
Has 275 Miles of range, LFP Batteries which should make it very affordable, modern tech, and 150kW charging speed.
All of these are extremely doable.