GM's President Just Wants 'A Level Playing Field' Against Chinese EV Companies As Legacy Automaker Launches Tesla Model Y Challenger
GM's President Just Wants 'A Level Playing Field' Against Chinese EV Companies As Legacy Automaker Launches Tesla Model Y Challenger
Legacy automaker General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) wants a level playing field against Chinese EV makers, as per company President Mark Reuss.
傳統汽車製造商通用汽車公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：GM）總裁馬克·羅伊斯表示，希望與中國電動汽車製造商有一個公平的競爭環境。
Taking On China: China's lower-priced products might force the local players out of the market, Reuss told InsideEVs at the Chevrolet Equinox EV launch event near Detroit earlier this week.
對抗中國：本週早些時候，羅伊斯在底特律附近的雪佛蘭Equinox電動汽車發佈會上告訴InsideEVS，中國價格較低的產品可能會迫使本地參與者退出市場。
"There are strategies where folks will get into a price war and not make money, but try to price things out of markets," Reuss reportedly said. "It's not even [China's] supply chain, it's their pricing strategy. We just want a level playing field to be able to price and make a profit and deliver value to our customers."
據報道，羅伊斯說：“在有些策略中，人們會陷入價格戰而不是賺錢，而是試圖在市場之外定價。”“這甚至不是（中國）的供應鏈，而是他們的定價策略。我們只希望有一個公平的競爭環境，能夠定價和獲利，爲我們的客戶創造價值。”
Several Chinese EV players, including BYD Co Ltd, have stayed out of the American market owing to high tariffs and tensions between the two countries. Earlier this week, the Biden administration doubled down and further increased tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, quadrupling it from the previous 25%, and ensuring the foreign EVs stay out for longer.
由於高額關稅和兩國之間的緊張局勢，包括比亞迪有限公司在內的幾家中國電動汽車公司一直未進入美國市場。本週早些時候，拜登政府加倍下調並進一步提高了中國製造的電動汽車的關稅，較之前的25％翻了兩番，並確保外國電動汽車停留的時間更長。
Competition Back Home: General Motors sold 16,425 electric vehicles in the U.S. in the first three months of 2024, marking a drop of 20.5% year-on-year. The drop is largely due to the 64.3% year-on-year drop in sales of the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles which the company discontinued in late 2023.
國內競爭對手：通用汽車在2024年前三個月在美國售出了16,425輛電動汽車，同比下降20.5％。下降的主要原因是該公司於2023年底停產的雪佛蘭Bolt電動汽車的銷量同比下降64.3％。
However, despite the production halt, Bolt was the best-selling EV for the company in the quarter, seconded by the Cadillac Lyriq. EVs, however, contributed to merely 2.8% of the company's total vehicle sales in the country which touched 594,233 units in the quarter.
但是，儘管停產，博爾特還是該公司本季度最暢銷的電動汽車，其次是凱迪拉克Lyriq。但是，電動汽車僅佔該公司在該國汽車總銷量的2.8％，該季度達到594,233輛。
The company, however, is looking to launch several EV models this year. On Tuesday, it launched the Chevrolet Equinox EV with an EPA-estimated range of 319 miles and a starting price of $43,295, close to Tesla's best-selling Model Y SUV.
但是，該公司計劃在今年推出幾款電動汽車車型。週二，它推出了雪佛蘭Equinox電動車，美國環保局的估計續航里程爲319英里，起價爲43,295美元，接近特斯拉最暢銷的Model Y SUV。
The base Equinox EV LT will be available for ordering later this year at an even lower starting price of $34,995, the company said, putting it at a much more appealing price point than all of Tesla's current lineup, including its cheapest Model 3 sedan.
該公司表示，基本款Equinox EV LT將於今年晚些時候開始訂購，起價甚至更低，爲34,995美元，這使其價格比特斯拉目前的所有產品陣容（包括最便宜的Model 3轎車）更具吸引力。
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