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            Competitors chip away at Tesla’s US electric vehicle share                                                                      HEALTH


                                                                                                                                   DOCTOR ON DUTY
            By TOM KRISHER
            AP Auto Writer                                                                                                              Oranjestad
            DETROIT (AP) — New elec-                                                                                            Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
            tric  vehicle  models  from                                                                                         Tel. 527 4000
            multiple  automakers  are                                                                                                 San Nicolas
            starting  to  chip  away  at
            Tesla’s  dominance  of  the                                                                                          Imsan 24 hours
                                                                                                                                 Tel.524 8833
            U.S.  EV  market,  according                                                                                        Women in Difficulties
            to national vehicle registra-                                                                                       PHARMACY ON DUTY
            tion data.
            But  numbers  collected  by                                                                                         Oranjestad:
            S&P  Global  Mobility  show                                                                                         del Pueblo Tel. 582 1253
                                                                                                                                San Nicolas:
            that  Tesla  still  controlled                                                                                      seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833
            about  65%  of  the  grow-                                                                                          Women in Difficulties
            ing electric vehicle market                                                                                         OTHER
            during the first nine months                                                                                        Dental Clinic 587 9850
            of this year. And the com-                                                                                          Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
            petitors made gains in the                                                                                          Urgent Care 586 0448
            sticker  price  range  below                                                                                        Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
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            $50,000, where Tesla barely                                                                                         Women in Difficulties
            competes.                                                                                                           EMERGENCY
            From  2018  through  2020,   Tesla Supercharger is seen at Willow Festival shopping plaza parking lot in Northbrook, Ill., on May
            Tesla  had  about  80%  of   5, 2022.                                                                               Police            100
            the  EV  market.  Its  share                                                                      Associated Press   Oranjestad       527 3140
            dropped  to  71%  in  2021   Despite the smaller market   at  present,  and  it  expects   has only one model, while   Noord          527 3200
                                                                                                                                                  527 2900
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            and  has  continued  to  de-  share, Tesla will continue to   that to grow to 159 by the   Honda won’t have any un-  San  Nicolas      584 5000
            cline,  said  Stephanie  Brin-  see  its  sales  grow  as  con-  end of 2025.          til 2024.                    Police Tipline      11141
            ley,  an  S&P  associate  di-  sumer  interest  increases,   Tesla  plans  to  introduce   Tesla’s  Model  Y  small  SUV   Ambulancia      911
            rector.                      Brinley  said.  “The  EV  mar-  its  Cybertruck  pickup  next   and  Model  3  small  sedan   Fire Dept.      115
            “Tesla’s  position  is  chang-  ket  in  2022  is  a  Tesla  mar-  year, and a new Roadster   were  the  top  2  SUVs,  ac-  Red Cross      582 2219
            ing  as  new,  more  afford-  ket, and it will continue to   at an undefined date, but   counting for more than half   TAXI SERVICES
            able options arrive, offering   be so long as competitors   otherwise  its  light-vehicle   of all electric vehicle regis-  Taxi Tas    587 5900
            equal or better technology   are  bound  by  production   model  lineup  in  2025  will   trations, Brinley said. Ford’s   Prof. Taxi   588 0035
            and production build,” S&P   capacity,” she said.         be  the  same  as  it  is  now,   Mustang Mach-E was third,   Taxi D.T.S.   587 2300
            Global  Mobility  said  in  a   A  shortage  of  computer   S&P  said.  The  company   followed by two more Tes-    Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
            statement Tuesday. “Given    chips  and  other  parts  has   has  plans  to  deliver  some   las, the Model S sedan and   A1 Taxi Serv.   280 2828
            that consumer choice and     stopped  many  competi-      electric  semis  to  PepsiCo   X SUV.                     Women in Difficulties
            consumer  interest  in  EVs  is   tors such as Ford, General   on Thursday.            Rounding  out  the  top  10   TRAVEL INFO
            growing,  Tesla’s  ability  to   Motors,  Hyundai,  Kia  and   S&P  also  found  that  con-  EVs were the Chevrolet Bolt   Aruba Airport   524 2424
            retain  a  dominant  market   Volkswagen  from  running   sumers  who  bought  bat-    sedan  and  SUV,  Hyundai    American Airlines 582 2700
            share  will  be  challenged   factories at full capacity to   tery-electric  vehicles  so   Ioniq  5,  Kia  EV6,  Volkswa-  Avianca    588 0059
            going forward.”              meet demand.                 far  this  year  largely  had   gen ID.4 and Nissan Leaf.q  Jet Blue    588 2244
            According to S&P, electric   Tesla  also  faces  competi-  owned Honda and Toyota                                   Surinam       582 7896
            vehicles  have  picked  up   tion  at  the  higher  end  of   vehicles  before  switching.                          Women in Difficulties
            2.4  percentage  points  of   the market from BMW, Mer-   Both companies have fuel-                                 AID FOUNDATIONS
            U.S. market share this year,   cedes-Benz, Audi, Polestar,   efficient  internal  combus-
            growing to 5.2% of all light   Rivian, Lucid and others.  tion  and  hybrid  models,                                FAVI- Visually Impaired
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            vehicle registrations. Of the   S&P  said  there  are  48  EV   but have been slow to roll
            525,000  electric  vehicles   models  on  sale  in  the  U.S.   out  EVs  in  the  U.S.  Toyota                     Alcoholics Anonymous
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            about  65%,  or  340,000,                                                                                           Fundacion Contra Violencia
            were Teslas, S&P said.                                                                                              Relacional Tel. 583 5400
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