Ford Motor (F) reported Wednesday that it sold more than 500,000 vehicles in the United States in the third quarter, driven by strong sales of hybrids, electric cars and trucks.
The automaker said overall sales rose 7.7 percent from a year earlier to 50,504 vehicles, bringing the year-to-date total to 1.51 million.
Andrew Frick, vice President of Sales, Distribution and Trucks, said: "We delivered strong, balanced volume growth in the third quarter, offering customers more choice, with growth in gasoline, electric, hybrid and commercial van sales. Ford's trucks are still the best-selling products in the industry."
Before the sales figures were released, Ford said it had sent its "strongest" proposal to date to the United Auto Workers union in an effort to end the nearly three-week strike, saying that while the proposal was "costly," it would still allow for investment in growth.
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Ford Motor (F) reported Wednesday that it sold more than 500,000 vehicles in the United States in the third quarter, driven by strong sales of hybrids, electric cars and trucks.
The automaker said overall sales rose 7.7 percent from a year earlier to 50,504 vehicles, bringing the year-to-date total to 1.51 million.
Andrew Frick, vice President of Sales, Distribution and Trucks, said: "We delivered strong, balanced volume growth in the third quarter, offering customers more choice, with growth in gasoline, electric, hybrid and commercial van sales. Ford's trucks are still the best-selling products in the industry."
Before the sales figures were released, Ford said it had sent its "strongest" proposal to date to the United Auto Workers union in an effort to end the nearly three-week strike, saying that while the proposal was "costly," it would still allow for investment in growth.
Hybrid vehicle sales rose 41.4% year-on-year to 34,861 units. Electric vehicle sales rose 14.8 percent to 20,962 units, with sales of the Ford Mach-E rising 42.5 percent to 5,872 units. Combined sales of hybrids and electric vehicles accounted for 11.2% of total vehicle sales.
Truck sales climbed 15.3% to 275,554 units, while SUV sales slipped 0.1% to 215,106 units.