RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast, which is committed to building a manufacturing plant in Chatham County, plans to begin importing its VF 8 “standard edition” into the U.S. in April. Meanwhile, the Vietnam-based company delivered its first big VF-9 SUV models to a limited number of customers in Vietnam on Wednesday.
Le Thi Thu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of Vingroup and CEO of VinFast Holdings, said, said in a statement that delivery plans are growing following the initial delivery of a first batch of vehicles to the U.S. in December. After a number of delays some customers received vehicles in California.
“We expect to export the VF 8 standard edition models to the U.S. and Canadian markets in April 2023 and expect to soon deliver the VF 5 Plus model to customers in the Vietnamese market. Following that, we expect to export the VF 9 and open reservations for the VF 6 and VF 7 in the coming month,” Thuy said.
“Today’s VF9 delivery event is the beginning of VinFast’s series of events that will be consistently held on a global basis … I am confident that VinFast’s high-quality electric vehicles will meet the needs of our customers.”
Delays in opening its U.S. factory and the departures of some key executives have drawn attention away from VinFast’s production and delivery efforts.
VinFast unveils big electric SUV, plans deliveries to US ‘in coming months’
