Electric Hummers sell most of the lightning bolts of F-150

General Motors sold 4,508 electric hummer trucks and SUVs Second Quarter of the USdespite its tens of thousands of dollars in price, it approaches Ford’s F-150 lightning.

The Hummer sales are part of GM’s electric vehicle banner quarter, and are one of the only automakers to see an authentic increase in U.S. EV sales a year ago, according to data released Tuesday. The company sold 17,420 electric equinox SUVs, 3,056 electric silvered pickups, 6,549 blazer EVs, 1,810 Escalade IQ EVs, and 1,524 electric GMC Sierra trucks.

GM was further boosted by Brightdrop, the commercial EV division, which sold 1,318 electric vans in three months, up from 490 last year. Overall, despite phased out the Bolt EV and EUV, GM’s EV sales increased 111% in the quarter, partly due to the fact that many of these models weren’t new or sold in the second quarter of 2024.

This contrasts with how nearly every other car manufacturer selling EVs did in the second quarter, at least based on data released so far. Rival Ford has dropped 31% in US sales of electric vehicles Second quarter of 2025leading to the collapse of the e-transit van and the decline in popularity of the F-150 lightning. At the same time, sales of hybrid vehicles increased by more than 23% compared to last year.

Midway through the year, Ford sells a total of 38,988 electric vehicles. This is down nearly 12% from where Ford EV sales were on the same level in 2024. Proactive employee pricing promotion Faced with car prices.

It’s a difficult time for EV sales in the US as the Trump administration threatens to steal federal tax and other related subsidies after years of growth. Even in modern times, when electric vehicles in the US were successful, Reported on Tuesday Sales of the IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6 EVs fell 12% and 8%, respectively, compared to the same period last year. Kia had it Even worse decline in sales of EV9 and EV6. Tesla is due to be released Similarly, Wednesday quarterly sales.

Ford saw sales of the Mustang Mach-E in the second quarter drop by nearly 20% year-on-year to 10,178 units sold. It sold just 5,842 F-150 lightning bolts, down 26%. Ford only sold 3,410 to 418 E-Transit vans in the second quarter of 2024 (The company told TechCrunch that electronic transport sales had declined as a result of the publication of a large fleet order in the first quarter).

President Trump has pledged tariffs to the automotive sector for the first few months of his second term. But that momentum isn’t continuing with Ford’s EV, which is growing longer in the teeth. The Mustang Mach-E was first launched in late 2020, and the F-150 lightning bolts came to the market in mid-2022. It won’t be sold until 2027.

Update: This story and heading has been updated to include General Motors sales data.