{"id":169,"date":"2022-05-05T08:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T08:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/?p=169"},"modified":"2022-05-06T22:33:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T22:33:26","slug":"electric-vehicle-sales-increased-139-percent-on-strength-of-mustang-mach-e-and-e-transit-first-f-150-lightnings-now-shipping-to-dealers-improved-inventory-flow-delivered-april-share-gains-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/2022\/05\/05\/electric-vehicle-sales-increased-139-percent-on-strength-of-mustang-mach-e-and-e-transit-first-f-150-lightnings-now-shipping-to-dealers-improved-inventory-flow-delivered-april-share-gains-d\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES INCREASED 139 PERCENT ON STRENGTH OF MUSTANG MACH-E AND E-TRANSIT \u2013 FIRST F-150 LIGHTNINGS NOW SHIPPING TO DEALERS; IMPROVED INVENTORY FLOW DELIVERED APRIL SHARE GAINS DESPITE SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP CHALLENGES; F-SERIES DELIVERIES CONTINUE TO GROW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"306\" height=\"172\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ford-Mustang.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ford-Mustang.jpg 306w, https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Ford-Mustang-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Ford U.S. market share expands 1.0 percentage point on improved<br>April dealer inventory flow, Ford\u2019s April sales outperformed the<br>industry with total share of 13.8 percent, while filling retail orders at<br>record rates representing 50 percent of April\u2019s retail sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><br> New vehicles continue to gain momentum. New vehicles, including<br>Bronco, Bronco Sport, Mustang Mach-E and Maverick, were up 17.9<br>percent relative to March, reporting their best monthly sales yet with<br>39,383 vehicles sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Sales of Ford electric vehicles increased 139 percent over last year<br>on the strength of Mustang Mach-E and E-Transit sales, while the<br>first shipments of all models of the all-new F-150 Lightning are<br>underway. E-Transit sales increased 62.3 percent over March, while<br>Mustang Mach-E had its best monthly sales performance since it<br>was launched, with sales up 95.0 percent over last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> F-Series sales increased in April, posting a gain of 14.7 percent over<br>March on improved dealer inventory flow. F-Series gross stock<br>totaled 83,000 vehicles at the end of April \u2013 the highest of any<br>nameplate in the full-size pickup segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Overall, Ford\u2019s truck sales grew 7.2 percent relative to March on<br>best Maverick monthly sales performance since launch. Maverick<br>sales increased 9.7 percent from March, while turning on dealer lots<br>in just 4 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Ford brand SUVs achieved a new April monthly sales record. Bronco<br>and Bronco family (including Bronco Sport) hit their best sales<br>results since launch. Ford\u2019s newest vehicles continue to conquest at<br>the high rate of 70 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Buyers of Ford\u2019s newest vehicles are customizing them at<br>unprecedented rates; for the first-quarter, winches and off-road<br>lighting kits continue to be among the most popular for Bronco<br>customers, while Maverick owners are choosing Ford lighting kits for<br>their truck beds.<br>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford U.S. market share expands 1.0 percentage point on improvedApril dealer inventory flow, Ford\u2019s April sales outperformed theindustry with total share of 13.8 percent, while filling retail orders atrecord rates representing 50 percent of April\u2019s retail sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neighborhoodmedia.org\/metrourbannews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}