November 4, 2025, 7:12 amNovember 4, 2025, 7:12 am
In the USA, sales of battery-powered vehicles collapsed after US President Donald Trump abolished the electric car bonus in October.
The ban has led to an increase in the purchase of combustion engines. (symbol image)Image: AP/AP
After the $7,500 tax credit for buying an electric car expired, sales of electric cars at Ford fell by a quarter year-on-year to just over 4,700 vehicles. In the case of combustion engines, however, there was an increase of 3.4 percent to almost 153,400 cars. In recent years, Ford has invested billions in expanding electric car production in a race to catch up with the pioneer Tesla.
This gave Tesla a delivery record in the last quarter – even if, unlike many other manufacturers, the market leader does not provide any information on sales in the US market and generally only provides figures every three months. Experts expect that Tesla will also have to give up after the US subsidies expire.
Among the other manufacturers, not all of them present monthly figures for US sales. The South Korean provider Hyundai, for example, announced that sales of the electric model Ioniq 5 fell by 63 percent year-on-year to a good 1,600 vehicles. At its sister brand Kia, sales of the EV9 model fell by almost two thirds to 666 cars. (sda/dpa)
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