Ford U.S. sales up 4 pct in April

CHICAGO, May 3 (Xinhua) — Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday that it sold 184,002 vehicles in the United States in April, up 4 percent year on year.

Ford\’s sales of internal combustion engine vehicles went up 5.6 percent, hybrid vehicle sales slipped 6.9 percent, and electric vehicle sales fell 25 percent.

The Dearborn-based automaker sold 69,595 F-Series trucks in April, compared to 51,517 a year ago. It sold 1,335 electric F-150 Lightning in the month.

In the first four months of this year, Ford sold nearly 1.1 million vehicles, an increase of 9 percent year on year.

The U.S. automaker ended April with gross U.S. car and light truck stocks of 376,600, down from 405,100 at the end of March.

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