Growth of EV vehicle sales slows down in U.S. over lack of chargers: research


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The growth of electric vehicle (EV) sales has slowed in the United States this year, with an estimated 346,309 EVs sold in the third quarter, accounting for nearly 9 percent of the total car sales, according to the latest data released by Cox Automotive, a market research firm.

In 2023, 1.4 million plug-in electric vehicles were sold in the country, more than 9 percent of all car sales that year and an increase of over 50 percent from 2022, according to Argonne National Laboratory, a federally funded research center.

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