{"id":128492,"date":"2022-07-25T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=128492"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:03:00","slug":"gm-stumbles-future-grim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/gm-stumbles-future-grim\/","title":{"rendered":"GM Stumbles, Future Grim"},"content":{"rendered":"
The future of the American car industry is grim, at least as measured by stock prices. GM\u2019s share price has dropped 40% this year, and Ford\u2019s by nearly as much. Ford has a powerful horse in the race for electric vehicle market share. GM does not.<\/span><\/p>\n CNBC recently ran an <\/span>article titled<\/span>: \u201cGM is far behind Tesla in electric vehicle sales. CEO Mary Barra has bet on the company that will change.\u201d The writer discussed the debate about whether America\u2019s largest car company can compete directly with Tesla. Based on its market share, GM has trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n GM has a problem many other legacy car companies have. It will take them years to migrate most of its manufacturing to EVs. Part of the reason is that their next generation cars are barely off the drawing board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Another hurdle is that EV adoption, at least in the U.S., could be slower than expected. Some research shows many Americans are reluctant to change from gas powered and hybrid vehicles to EVs.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t