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GM will overtake Tesla to become the global leader in electric vehicle sales in the United States by the middle of this century, GM CEO Marry Barra said on Monday, according to foreign media reports. Marry Barra believes that GM's advantage is that it is better at price war on high-end electric vehicles, their cars are more cost-effective, thus beating Tesla, and GM also has higher-priced special vehicles to impact Tesla's market share.

According to the data, GM sold 25000 electric vehicles in the United States in 2021, while Tesla delivered 313000 new cars in the United States, a sales ratio of 1:13. Marry Barra said that in order to really reach 30%, 40% and 50% of electric car sales, it is necessary to attract car consumers with psychological prices between $30, 000 and $35000, while Tesla's electric cars currently cost about $48000. Marry Barra believes that making consumers believe that electric cars can meet traffic demand is the underlying condition to stimulate the purchase of electric cars. "if the only vehicle a consumer owns is an electric car, then it is very important for him to have confidence in charging."

GM is scheduled to reduce the starting price of the Chevrolet Bolt to $26000 this year and launch a $30, 000 Chevrolet Equinox in the autumn of 2023. GM will offer 30 electric vehicles worldwide by 2025, according to Marry Barra. By 2035, GM will be completely transformed into an electric car manufacturer.

In response to Marry Barra's public statement, Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded on Twitter: "Tesla is still the most productive electric vehicle brand in the United States." At the same time, he also responded to netizens who commented on the matter, specially @ US President Joe Biden. Under the news related to GM, Twitter users also spared no effort to criticize Biden and GM because Biden exalted GM to the altar, while GM invested in a plant in Mexico, resulting in the loss of jobs for the American people. It is understood that in April 2021, General Motors announced that it would invest more than $1 billion in electric cars in Mexico, and Biden was one of the members of the increased investment in electric vehicles, a move that caused dissatisfaction among American trade unions.

Everyone wants to be a standard Tesla, but it is always difficult to become Tesla. In May, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess said he would overtake Tesla to become the world's largest electric car maker by 2025. Herbert Diess said Tesla demonstrated good performance and high returns with a reliable business model. Herbert Diess also said, "Tesla is our strongest competitor, but its strength is weakening. Musk must increase capacity at two highly complex factories in Austin and Greenhead at the same time, and expand production in Shanghai, but that will consume his power."

However, some automakers are temporarily ahead of Tesla. Data show that in the first half of 2022, Tesla delivered 564743 new cars worldwide and produced 563987, while BYD sold 638157 new energy passenger vehicles and produced 64472 in the first half of the year. In other words, GM will have to surpass not only Tesla, but also BYD and the confident Volkswagen if it is to achieve top-selling electric cars by the middle of this century.

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