Attendees view the 2025 Ford Bronco Stroppe Particular Version through the AutoMobility LA 2024 auto present on the Los Angeles Conference Heart on November 21, 2024. US carmaker Ford introduced November 20, 2024 plans for 4,000 additional job cuts in Europe, principally in Britain and Germany, within the newest blow to the continent’s beleaguered automotive trade. “The corporate has incurred vital losses in recent times,” Ford stated in a press release, blaming “the trade shift to electrified autos and new competitors”. (Photograph by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photograph by ROBYN BECK/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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DETROIT – Ford Motor’s U.S. new car gross sales elevated 4.2% final 12 months to characterize the automaker’s finest 12 months since 2019, led by elevated gross sales of hybrid and all-electric fashions.
The Detroit automaker on Friday reported 2024 gross sales of two.08 million autos, up from slightly below 2 million in 2023. In 2019, the automaker bought 2.42 million autos within the U.S.
For the fourth quarter, the corporate reported an 8.8% year-over-year enhance in gross sales to 530,660 autos bought.
Ford stated Friday full-year gross sales of its autos with conventional inner combustion engines elevated 0.2% in comparison with 2023, whereas gross sales of electrified autos elevated 38.3% 12 months over 12 months.
Electrified autos, together with hybrids and EVs, represented 13.7% of the automaker’s whole annual gross sales.
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