GM passes Ford to take No. 2 spot in EV gross sales in the back of Tesla

Normal Motors rode sturdy first-quarter gross sales of the Chevrolet Bolt to bump crosstown rival Ford out of 2d position within the U.S. electrical automobile gross sales race.

However GM’s EV gross sales of 20,670 had been nonetheless a long way beneath the ones of business chief Tesla, which delivered greater than 161,000 automobiles within the U.S. from January to March, in step with estimates from Motorintelligence.com.

Ford offered most effective 10,866 EVs right through the quarter, however the corporate mentioned that is in large part as it needed to prevent making the top-selling Mustang Mach-E electrical SUV whilst it retooled a manufacturing unit in Mexico to extend manufacturing. Spokesman Mentioned Deep mentioned the corporate did not construct Mach-Es for seven weeks right through the quarter, slicing into gross sales.

Additionally, Ford was once compelled to prevent making the F-150 Lightning electrical pickup in February after a battery stuck fireplace right through a pre-delivery high quality take a look at. The issue was once fastened and manufacturing resumed March 13.

Nonetheless, Ford’s EV gross sales rose 41% above final 12 months’s first quarter, the corporate mentioned Tuesday.

Throughout the primary quarter, GM delivered 19,700 of its top-selling EV, the Chevrolet Bolt hatchback and software automobile. Final 12 months the corporate offered most effective 358 Bolts as a result of to be had batteries needed to be diverted to a recall of 142,000 older Bolts because of battery fires.

GM additionally offered 968 Cadillac Lyriq electrical SUVs and two GMC Hummer EV pickups right through the primary quarter. Its EV gross sales had been 44 instances better than the similar quarter a 12 months in the past.

Volkswagen, which is in fourth position in U.S. EV gross sales with 9,758 deliveries of the ID.4 hatchback, got here as regards to knocking Ford down two notches.

U.S. electrical automobile gross sales rose 48% from January thru March to simply over 258,000, accounting for 7.2% of latest automobile gross sales. Final 12 months the EV proportion of the marketplace was once 5.8%, in step with knowledge collected via Motorintelligence.

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