Regardless of the notable will increase in hybrids and EVs, the gross sales in these segments totaled about 26,600 automobiles mixed. That is solely 14% of the automaker’s greater than 190,000 complete gross sales final month.The increase to EV gross sales is a conundrum for buyers. Ford needs to develop EV gross sales to construct scale and help in offsetting tightening gasoline economic system requirements and emissions, however the firm’s Mannequin E electrical automobile unit has reported huge losses.Ford reported in April the division misplaced $1.32 billion on 10,000 automobiles wholesaled from January via March. Whereas the unit additionally contains EV-related enterprise akin to software program, these losses equate to a lack of $132,000 for every automobile the unit sells.In Could, Ford almost doubled gross sales of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickups, in contrast with Could 2023. Gross sales of the Mustang Mach-E EV additionally jumped, up 46% 12 months over 12 months.The spike in hybrid gross sales is a part of Ford’s plan to double down on the know-how. The automaker earlier this 12 months stated it could delay manufacturing of latest all-electric automobiles to as an alternative give attention to providing hybrid choices throughout its complete North American lineup by 2030.Ford reported complete year-to-date U.S. gross sales via Could of 877,685 models, up 5.6% in contrast with the identical time interval in 2023. The gross sales have been led by a roughly 10% improve in SUV gross sales and a pair of.5% uptick in truck and van gross sales.