VinFast opens Calif. stores to draw EV buyers from Tesla, legacy automakers

VinFast opens Calif. stores to draw EV buyers from Tesla, legacy automakers

Vietnamese electric powered motor vehicle newcomer VinFast commenced a new chapter in the U.S. this week, opening its first six shops in California as it pushes ahead on options to produce two newly designed crossovers by the finish of the 12 months and carve out a slice of the developing EV marketplace now dominated by

Vietnam’s VinFast wants to open U.S. showrooms in 2022 to take EV crossover orders

Vietnam’s VinFast wants to open U.S. showrooms in 2022 to take EV crossover orders

The realities on the ground foreshadow an uphill fight. The enterprise has only one factory, in the vicinity of Hanoi in northern Vietnam, and it offered only 30,000 motor vehicles in 2020 — all of them in its house sector. Toyota sells that a lot of RAV4 crossovers in the U.S. in a one thirty