TL;DRGM sold 714,896 vehicles in Q2, down four percent from a year ago, as EV demand declined and Toyota continued closing the gap.
General Motors’ second-quarter US sales fell just over four percent as demand for its all-electric vehicles and Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks declined year over year. The Detroit automaker reported selling 714,896 vehicles from April through June, down from 746,588 units during the same period in 2025. First-half sales came in at roughly 1,300,000 units, down nearly seven percent compared with a year ago.
The results were slightly better than analysts expected. Cox Automotive had forecast a decline of about five percent for the second quarter and more than seven percent through the first half. GM North America President Duncan Aldred said in a release that business is performing well and that customer demand remains resilient, especially for trucks and SUVs.
The headline number masks a deeper problem with GM’s electric vehicle strategy. In the first quarter, Blazer EV sales crashed 83 percent year over year and Silverado EV sales fell 41 percent, and CNBC reported that the EV decline continued into the second quarter. GM indefinitely suspended development of its next-generation electric truck earlier this year and took roughly eight billion dollars in EV-related charges during 2025, including writedowns tied to scrapped production plans and cancelled battery contracts.
