The motor show was held in New York, USA for the first time in three years, and while new car sales are declining, each company is focusing on EV = electric vehicles, whose sales are increasing.

The New York Motor Show, which was canceled for two years in a row due to the Corona disaster, has been held for the first time in three years, and more than 20 manufacturers are exhibiting.



GM = General Motors and Ford are exhibiting EVs for pickup trucks that are popular locally, and Toyota, Nissan, and SUBARU are also exhibiting the latest EVs.



In addition, EVs from Korean and Vietnamese manufacturers and EVs from high-end sports cars by Austrian start-up companies are also attracting attention, and the EV shift strategies of each company are becoming clearer.



According to JETRO = Japan External Trade Organization New York office, new car sales in the three months until March in the United States were more than 3.31 million units, 15 from the same period of the previous year due to semiconductor shortage and supply network disruption. % Decreased.



On the other hand, there is an analysis that EV sales increased by 72% to account for 5% of the total, and the number of people choosing EV increased due to soaring gasoline prices.



"The focus is definitely on electrification. Everything has evolved over the last two years," said Mark Schaumburg, chairman of the organizer.



However, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the price of nickel, which is indispensable for EVs, has soared, and there are challenges in the EV shift, and manufacturers are being forced to respond.