Electric vehicle sales in the U.S. rose 83% in 2021 to 434,879.  In addition, hybrid vehicle sales jumped 76% to 801,550 for 2021.

U.S. light vehicle sales totaled 14.9 million in 2021.

EV sales are expected to increase.  Ford just started production of its first electric-powered truck, the F150 Lightning, and reports 200,000 reservations.  The truck is sold out until 2023.

Tesla’s Cybertruck won’t start production until 2023.

Many new EV models are being rolled out.  For example, Cadillac just began taking orders in May for its 2023 Lyriq.

Traditional internal combustion vehicles still dominate, but BloombergNEF predicts EVs will total 70% of the U.S. light vehicle market by 2040.

In response to a GlobalFastenerNews.com inquiry, General Motors counted and calculated EVs have 6.16% fewer fasteners.  Here is the August 2021 article:

Fewer Fasteners In GM EVs Than Gas-Powered Cars
An average General Motors electric vehicle has about 6.16% fewer fasteners than the traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) car.

Phil Lienert of GM’s advanced technology communications team responded to a GlobalFastenerNews.com inquiry on the difference between the number of fasteners in its EVs versus ICE.

“We compared two similar ICE and EV models and found that the ICE model had about 730 fasteners in its propulsion system with about 685 for the EV,” Lienert reported.

“Outside of the propulsion system, we expect that EVs will have a similar number of fasteners to their ICE counterparts,” Lienert added.

Traditionally the total number of fasteners in a car has frequently been rounded off to 2,500.  Lienert noted the actual “total number of fasteners varies from vehicle-to-vehicle, but 1,400 is a rough average for the typical GM internal combustion vehicle, not counting pre-assembled components that might contain additional fasteners.”

Lienert noted in his response to GlobalFastenerNews.com that “we don’t get many questions about fasteners,” and the ICE vs. EV numbers “took us some time to track down.”