If the bonkers preorder numbers for both the hybrid Maverick and the EV F-150 Lightning weren’t enough of an indication, Ford’s Q4 earnings results are plenty proof that the company’s electrification efforts are already paying dividends.
“Financial performance is obviously critical,” President and CEO Jim Farley said in a release Thursday. “We’re also proud that customers see how Ford is taking EVs mainstream, and have already ordered or reserved more than 275,000 all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUVs, F-150 Lightning pickups and E-Transit commercial vehicles – and we’re breaking constraints to deliver every one of them as fast as we can.”
“We started moving with real speed of ambition to build a modern Ford,” he added during Thursday’s investors call. “Our true breakthroughs are still ahead of us.”
In fact, the company reports that sales of its EVs in January “grew almost…
