{"id":82433,"date":"2025-05-16T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82433"},"modified":"2025-05-16T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:27:28","slug":"ford-f-150-lightning-retakes-best-selling-electric-pickup-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82433","title":{"rendered":"Ford F-150 Lightning retakes America’s best-selling electric pickup crown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ford\u2019s electric pickup truck is back at the top. The F-150 Lightning<\/a> is once again the best-selling electric pickup in the US after overtaking the Tesla Cybertruck in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

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Ford\u2019s F-150 Lightning is the best-selling electric pickup<\/h2>\n

After launching in 2023, Tesla\u2019s Cybertruck quickly outpaced the Lightning to become America\u2019s top-selling EV pickup last year.<\/p>\n

Since Tesla doesn\u2019t break down regional sales, registration data gives us our best estimate. The latest registration data from S&P Global Mobility (via Automotive News<\/a><\/em>) shows that the F-150 Lightning retook the title in March and the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s electric pickup notched 2,598 registrations in March, topping the Tesla Cybertruck<\/a> with 2,170. In the first quarter, the F-150 Lightning remained ahead with 7,913 registrations, compared to the Cybertruck\u2019s 7,126.<\/p>\n

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Although the Cybertruck was the fifth top-selling EV in the US last year, it didn\u2019t even crack the top ten in March. It placed ninth through the first three months of 2025, behind the Volkswagen ID.4.<\/p>\n

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2025 Ford F-150 Lightning (Source: Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Tesla and Ford remained the leaders in the electric pickup market, several new models are gaining momentum. According to the most recent numbers from Cox Automotive<\/a><\/em>, GM sold 2,383 Chevy Silverado EVs and 1,249 GMC Sierra EV models in Q1. Meanwhile, Rivian sold 1,727 R1Ts during the quarter.<\/p>\n

Earlier today, Electrek <\/em>reported that new models, including the Honda Prologue and Chevy Blazer EV, helped drive EV registrations up 20%<\/a> in the US in March.<\/p>\n

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2026 GMC Sierra EV AT4 (left) and Elevation (right) trims (Source: GMC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the Lightning reclaimed the crown from Tesla, Ford\u2019s electric pickup isn\u2019t exactly flying off the lot. Ford reported Lightning sales fell 16% to just 1,740 units in April. Through April 2025, Ford has sold 8,927 electric trucks, down 9% from the 9,833 it handed over last year.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

To be fair, Tesla is still ahead by a wide margin in the US. The S&P<\/em> numbers show Tesla had over 51,000 registrations in March, up 1% after two months of lower YOY growth.<\/p>\n

GM\u2019s Chevy surpassed Ford to become the second-best-selling EV brand with nearly 8,500 registrations, an increase of 274% from last year. Ford dropped to third with 7,361 registrations.<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s just one quarter, it\u2019s starting to show how Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s political antics are likely impacting sales. After the Cybertruck\u2019s initial hype, it appears many buyers are opting for traditional pickups, like the F-150 Lighting.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ram is delaying its first electric pickup<\/a>, the 1500 REV, again. Ram is pushing production back until summer 2027, saying it\u2019s \u201cextending the quality validation period.\u201d The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Ramcharger will also be delayed until the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n

After pulling the Ramcharger ahead of the fully electric version last year, Stellantis blamed weak demand for EV pickups in the US.<\/p>\n

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Ford\u2019s electric pickup truck is back at the top. The F-150 Lightning is once again the best-selling electric pickup in the US after overtaking the Tesla Cybertruck in the first quarter. Ford\u2019s F-150 Lightning is the best-selling electric pickup After launching in 2023, Tesla\u2019s Cybertruck quickly outpaced the Lightning to become America\u2019s top-selling EV pickup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}