So I was led to believe that EVs were doing poorly a few headlines ago, but maybe its specific to Tesla?

The Detroit automaker Monday reported sales of 174,192 cars and trucks for February. The results included an 81% jump in EV sales and roughly 32% uptick in hybrid models. Sales of traditional internal combustion engines also increased, up 7.5% from the same month a year earlier.

+81% EV sales, mostly Mach-E and F150 Lightning. Hybrids are still doing great at +32% growth.

  • @dragontamerOPM
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    39 months ago

    Hmmmm…

    Mach-E is very, very high in supply.

    https://caredge.com/guides/fastest-and-slowest-selling-cars-2024

    Ford Mach-e is apparently 362 (!!!) days of supply, or nearly a full year. (Ex: If Ford cuts all of production today, it will take roughly a year before all the Mach-e at dealerships sell out).

    I dunno what’s going on exactly. I’ll have to dig into more stats.

    • @Psythik
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      49 months ago

      I’m not surprised. Nobody wants a Mustang SUV. People who buy Mustangs want a real one.

    • @SpeedLimit55
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      29 months ago

      That’s interesting, they are making the Mach-E in Mexico where they previously built the Fiesta so the production capacity is there. It is a $50K+ vehicle and electrics are not practical for everyone yet due to infrastructure.

      • partial_accumen
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        19 months ago

        My understanding is that the Mach-E wasn’t designed to be efficiently manufactured. It was quick response to the rising popularity of the Model Y, and the high margins Tesla was getting for the car. Lots of off-the-shelf parts used which may not be the best fit, but were quickly available. I imagine Ford also has quite a few pollution issues with most of its line up being big trucks, so any EVs it puts on the roads means fewer emissions credits they have to buy.

        A future refresh would likely cost much less to manufacture increasing Ford’s margin per unit.