VinFast announces plan to switch to all-electric vehicle production

VinFast's electric vehicles on display at CES 2022 in Las Vegas, the US. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese automaker VinFast announcedon January 6 to stop producing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and switch toall-electric vehicle production from the end of 2022 at the Consumer ElectronicsShow CES 2022 in Las Vegas, the US.

Along with the commitment to becoming acarmaker of this type, the company launched five electric vehicles including models VF8 and VF 9 in the D and E segments, which were previously introduced at the2021 LA Auto Show.

The exteriors of these cars were designed by Italian designfirms Pininfarina and Torino Design.

The electric vehicles officially launched by the company at the event. (Photo: VNA)

On the day, VinFast also officially announced retail pricingand a reservation campaign for the VF 8 and VF 9 in the US, Europe and Vietnam.The initial prices for the VF 8 are 41,000 USD in the US; 36,133 EUR in Europe;and 961 million VND (over 42,200 USD) in Vietnam. The figures for the VF 9 are 56,000 USD; 49,280EUR; and 1.312 billion VND.

Each VinFast's EV comes with a warranty of 10 years or thefirst 200,000km.

Established in 2017, the company is a member of Vietnam’s privateconglomerate VinGroup.

In December last year, VinGroup’s construction of its VinESbattery manufacturing factory costing 4 trillion VNDbegan in the central province of  Ha Tinh’sVung Ang Economic Zone. The factory will be developed on 8ha in its initialphase, providing lithium batteries for VinFast’s electric cars and buses./.

VNA