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GM Overtakes Ford as the No. 2 Seller of Electric Vehicles
- Ford’s sales of plug-in models increase 41% in first quarter
- Company lost five weeks of production of F-150 Lightning
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General Motors Co. outsold Ford Motor Co. in electric vehicles by nearly two-to-one in the first three months of the year as the automakers chase market leader Tesla Inc.
Ford sold 10,866 EVs in the US during the first quarter, according to a statement Tuesday. That was up 41% from a year ago, but was still well behind the 20,670 plug-ins GM sold in the same period. Overall, Ford’s light vehicle deliveries rose almost 10%, while GM’s first-quarter sales were up 17.6%.