Vinfast on Monday confirmed its plans to start shipping in the US on March 1, as a report suggests the automaker is planning to reduce rental prices.
Vinfast announced the first batch of 999 VF 8 electric SUVs to the US shipped at the end of Novemberfollowing deliveries of 100 vehicles to customers in its home country of Vietnam in September. The company confirmed in a press release that the cars arrived in December 2022, when Vinfast was originally scheduled to start. shipping in the US, but they’ve been sitting in port ever since, said to be awaiting a software update.
Vinfast VF8
The company now plans to hold its first customer delivery events at retail stores in California on March 1, with additional deliveries after that. After starting deliveries in the United States, the company plans to start delivering vehicles in Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands, although there is no specific timeline for this.
Vinfast is also cutting VF 8 charter rates by more than half for some customers. Reuters report. In January, the company said the VF 8 would be available to rent for $599 a month for 24 months, but Reuters noted that on Monday, Vinfast’s website listed rent as $399 a month. for 24 months and reports that Vinfast is telling early customers in California that they will pay $274 per month.
This reported rental discount comes after Vinfast advertised—and subsequently abandoned—a mandatory battery rental plan for the VF 8 and VF 9, a larger three-row SUV is planned to follow in the footsteps of the VF 8 to the United States
Vinfast VF8
Like not from a preview drive Last year, Vinfast still needed to show progress in refining the cabin and refining the transmission details. However, Vinfast is pushing to launch more products, including not only the next product, VF 9 but also VF 6 and VF 7 are smaller model. Vinfast said pre-orders for the pair will open in March, but has not discussed pricing or delivery times.
Eleven months ago, Vinfast also announced the plan build trams in North Carolina starting in 2024. At that time, the company said it would spend $2 billion on a new factory to produce the VF 8 and VF 9 electric vehicles. After that, it received an incentive package of 1.2 billion USD from the state government for the factory that Vinfast said will be able to produce full capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year.
