{"id":680,"date":"2023-08-01T20:41:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/?p=680"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:25:10","slug":"mazda-to-discontinue-u-s-electric-vehicle-sales-amid-intense-competition-from-telsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/2023\/08\/01\/mazda-to-discontinue-u-s-electric-vehicle-sales-amid-intense-competition-from-telsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazda to Discontinue U.S. Electric Vehicle Sales Amid Intense Competition from Telsa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mazda MX-30 R-EV on display at Automobile Barcelona 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. File photo: Santi Rodriguez, Shutter Stock, licensed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IRVINE, CA – Japanese automaker Mazda announced late last week their decision to discontinue selling electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States<\/a> amid the current intense competition and market dominance exhibited by South African tech tycoon Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla, Inc. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EV industry has grown increasingly cutthroat overall as more and more automakers have been revealing, producing, upgrading, and selling new models on a seemingly daily basis. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Tesla is leading the pack, recently setting a record in first half of 2023 by delivering 889,000 EVs through June 30. In addition, the company\u2019s Model Y sports utility vehicle was the world’s best-selling automobile \u2013 electric or gas-powered \u2013\u00a0during the first quarter of this year, selling 267,200 models; this put Toyota <\/a>firmly in both second and third place in terms of worldwide sales, with 256,400 Corollas <\/a>and 214,700 RAV4s <\/a>sold during the same period of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast,\u00a0Mazda\u00a0<\/a>has faced an uphill battle ever since they first began production of the company’s first all-electric vehicle \u2013 the MX-30 sports utility vehicle \u2013 in May 2020. The vehicle was already at a disadvantage out of the gate with an anemic range of only approximately 100 miles, and after it was introduced in the U.S. market in 2021 \u2013 initially only offered in limited capacity in California \u2013\u00a0its sales figures have remained decisively limp. In 2021 it only sold 116 models, followed by 324 in 2022 and 66 in the first half of 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mazda announced that they will discontinue their electric vehicle sales in the U.S. market following the 2023 model year; however, the company will continue to sell the MX-30 EV in Europe and Japan, where it has enjoyed slightly better sales numbers despite the model\u2019s technological disadvantages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Mazda will be focusing on plug-in hybrid EVs for the U.S. market; according to a July 28 statement, these models will include the 2024 CX-90 PHEV, the upcoming CX-70 PHEV, and a new CX-50 Hybrid. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IRVINE, CA – Japanese automaker Mazda announced late last week their decision to discontinue selling electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States amid the current intense competition and market dominance exhibited by South African tech tycoon Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla, Inc. \u00a0 The EV industry has grown increasingly cutthroat overall as more and more automakers have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-market-updates","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n