Regardless of a optimistic upswing in electrical automotive gross sales within the US over the previous three months, American automaker Ford’s EV gross sales fell by 2.8% in Q2 from the primary quarter.

Ford’s electrical pickup, the F-150 Lightning, was its solely purely electrical car to see gross sales rise in comparison with final yr.

F-150 Lightning gross sales reached 4,466 within the second quarter, up 118.7% in comparison with simply over 2K final yr. Consider, nevertheless, Ford started delivering the electrical pickup final Could, so doubling gross sales over the earlier yr is to be anticipated.

The automaker says it continues attracting new prospects, with 50% of patrons coming from totally different manufacturers.

Alternatively, Ford’s first electrical automotive, the Mustang Mach-E, noticed gross sales fall 21.1% YOY. The decline comes after Mach-E gross sales have been down 20% within the first three months of the yr. Yr-to-date (YTD) gross sales of the electrical SUV are down 20.6%.

Andrew Frick, VP of gross sales distribution, mentioned, “Improved Mustang Mach E stock move started to hit on the finish of Q2 following the retooling of our plant earlier this yr.”

Ford introduced final yr it could be retooling its Mexico plant, the place the Mustang Mach-E is constructed, which might lead to downtime on the facility.

Frick mentioned the transfer “helped Mustang Mach-E gross sales climb 110% in June.” General, Ford’s EV gross sales have been up 35.5% in June, regardless of a sluggish begin to the quarter.

Mustang Mach-E manufacturing has picked up all year long, with 0 being in-built January, 300 in February, 7,381 in March, 11,858 in April, 13,639 in Could, and one other 13,000 in June.

Ford additionally halted manufacturing of the Lightning in mid-February after discovering a possible battery problem, resuming operations on the finish of March.

Gross sales of Ford’s electrical van, the E-Transit, have been down 23.8% in comparison with final yr, with 1,744 models offered in Q2.

Ford not too long ago obtained a large $9.2 billion mortgage from the Division of Vitality’s (DOE) Mortgage Program Workplace to construct three battery factories within the US and enhance home manufacturing. The mortgage is the one largest within the Mortgage Program Workplace’s historical past and the largest total for the reason that US auto bailouts in 2009.

Electrek’s Take

Each Ford and GM posted disappointing EV gross sales leads to Q2, whereas purely EV makers like Tesla, Rivian, and Polestar all posted file outcomes.

It appears over the previous two years or so, automakers focusing their assets and time purely on electrical autos are securing the availability chain wanted to ramp manufacturing. In the meantime, automakers like Ford and GM, which proceed to put money into ICE autos, are having issue assembly demand with softening EV gross sales this yr and ongoing provide chain hurdles.

Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe advised BloombergTV in a latest interview, “What we noticed in Q2 was the beginnings of the availability chain actually working in a wholesome approach” after scuffling with hurdles during the last yr.

We’ll see how the remainder of the yr performs out, but when the second quarter is any indication, EV makers are beginning to get a leg up on legacy automakers.