Auto Industry Pulls Back On EVs As Consumers Hesitate Over High Price, Inconvenience
Auto Industry Pulls Back On EVs As Consumers Hesitate Over High Price, Inconvenience
Automobile manufacturers are pumping the brakes on investing in the future of electric vehicles as car buyers think twice about buying them because of the high cost and need to keep charging them.
由于汽车买家考虑到高昂的费用以及需要不断充电的问题，汽车制造商正在减缓对新能源车未来的投资。
$Ford Motor (F.US)$ announced on Thursday it would refit a plant in Canada to make large gas-fired pickup trucks instead of electric sport-utility vehicles originally planned for that facility, the New York Times reported.
$福特汽车 (F.US)$据纽约时报报道，宣布将重新装修加拿大的一家工厂，以生产大型燃料币皮卡车，而不是最初计划在该工厂生产的电动SUV。
On Wednesday, $General Motors (GM.US)$ said it planned to cut back this year's production of EVs by 50,000 units to a range from 200,000 to 250,000 vehicles.
周三，$通用汽车 (GM.US)$计划今年将EV的产量削减50,000辆，区间为200,000到250,000辆。
Even $Tesla (TSLA.US)$, the leading producer of electric cars that created the EV market, is pulling back on investment in battery-powered vehicles. The company backed off on plans to build an electric car factory in Mexico and canceled a meeting in April between CEO Elon Musk and Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, to discuss a new plant in that country.
即使是电动车市场的开创者特斯拉，也在削减电池动力车的投资。该公司放弃了在墨西哥建立电动汽车工厂的计划，并取消了4月份Elon Musk首席执行官与印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪讨论该国新工厂的会议。$特斯拉 (TSLA.US)$即使是电动车市场的开创者特斯拉，也在削减电池动力车的投资。该公司放弃了在墨西哥建立电动汽车工厂的计划，并取消了4月份Elon Musk首席执行官与印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪讨论该国新工厂的会议。
General Motors and Ford expected to be able to manufacture more than 1 million EVs a year by the middle of the decade, but General Motors CEO Mary T. Barra said this week it will take longer to reach that capacity because EV sales have slowed.
通用汽车和福特汽车预计到本十年中期将能够生产超过100万辆电动汽车，但通用汽车首席执行官玛丽·t·巴拉本周表示，由于电动汽车销售放缓，要达到该产能将需要更长时间。
Price Actions: At market close Thursday, Ford gained 0.48% to reach $14.55, while General Motors slipped 0.50% to $49.65 and Tesla went up 0.29% to $249.23.
收盘时，福特股价上涨0.48%至14.55美元，通用汽车股价下跌0.50%至49.65美元，特斯拉股价上涨0.29%至249.23美元。
Exchange-traded funds that hold shares of Tesla, which has a market capitalization of $781 billion, had gains and losses on Thursday.
持有特斯拉股票的交易所交易基金在周四有涨有跌。
$T-REX 2X LONG TESLA DAILY TARGET ETF (TSLT.US)$ edged up 0.68%.
$Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL.US)$ gained 0.64%.
$THE MEET KEVIN PRICING POWER ETF (PP.US)$ slipped 1.16%.
$Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY.US)$fell 1.02%.
$Direxion Daily Consumer Discretionary Bull 3X Shares (WANT.US)$ shed 3.24%.