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EV startup company based in Irvine, California, Rivian Automotive, is

building a second manufacturing plant in Georgia that will have an annual capacity of

$400,000$ vehicles, with production to start in $2024.$

Total deliveries of Tesla EV$$s in $2021$ were up $87$ percent to $986,000$ vehicles, including

$352,000$ vehicles sold in the United States alone, which comprised $72$ percent of all EVs

sold in the United States in $2021.$ By comparison in $2021$ in the United States, Ford sold

$27,000$ EVs and GM sold about $25,000$ EVs$$but for both Ford and GM those numbers

represented less than $2$ percent of their total sales in the United States. The point here is

although EV is the big buzzword and is no doubt a fast$-$growing industry, gasoline vehicle

sales are what pay the bills at almost all automobile companies. Gas vehicles are

generally more affordable and charging station availability is still a major problem in most

geographic areas. However, some recent research provided by consulting firm

AlixPartners LLP reveals that $19$ percent of consumers in the United States report that

their next automobile purchase will likely be EV$,$ up from $5$ percent in $2019.($Ben Foldy

and Nora Eckert, $$Race for Electric Vehicles Revs Up$,$ Wall Street Journal, January $10,$