Automakers closed 2024 with sturdy gross sales in the USA within the ultimate 3 months of the yr, helped by way of a surge in call for for electrical fashions.The good points have been led by way of Common Motors, which mentioned on Friday that its fourth-quarter gross sales rose 21 % from a yr previous, to greater than 755,000 vehicles and lightweight vehicles. Its electric-vehicle gross sales within the quarter greater than doubled, to just about 44,000, making G.M. the second-largest E.V. vendor after Tesla.Ford Motor offered greater than 530,000 automobiles within the quarter, a achieve of just about 9 %. Ford’s E.V. gross sales climbed 16 %, to greater than 30,000 automobiles.Honda Motor reported a achieve of 9 % within the fourth quarter, whilst Hyundai and Nissan every mentioned their gross sales climbed 10 %.No longer each corporate got here out forward. Toyota posted a three % decline in quarterly gross sales, whilst Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Chrysler and Ram automobiles, reported its gross sales fell 7 %.Cox Car, a marketplace researcher, mentioned it anticipated auto gross sales to develop 2.8 % this yr, to 16.3 million vehicles and vehicles. Jonathan Smoke, Cox’s leader economist, mentioned client sentiment, wages and different financial elements have been including to call for.Thanks on your persistence whilst we examine get entry to. In case you are in Reader mode please go out and log into your Occasions account, or subscribe for all of The Occasions.Thanks on your persistence whilst we examine get entry to.Already a subscriber? Log in.Need all of The Occasions? Subscribe.
