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"Making Sense of the Year So Far in EV Sales" originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment.
By Dan Gearino
With half of 2024 now on the books, U.S. electric vehicle sales continue to grow, for some manufacturers by leaps and bounds. But the overall pace has slowed compared to last year at this time.
Here’s an analogy: Think of the transition to electrified transportation as a long car trip. For some stretches, we’ve gone 80 mph. Right now we’re doing about 50 mph. We’re still heading in the right direction, but if we don’t pick up the pace, we’re going to get to our destination later than we’d like.
In the first half of 2024, automakers delivered 599,372 EVs to customers in the United States, an increase of 7.3 percent from the first half of 2023, according to Cox Automotive and Kelley Blue Book.
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