WALL STREET PUPPETSStudio
The Long Road

Credits Ended, Sales Followed

Oct 14, 2026 · 0:26

In Detroit, a carmaker's electric sales fell about eighty percent. Bolt: last autumn, buyers rushed a tax credit before it ended. Lord Ozen: behold, nobody wants electric carts, petrol reigns! Aki: credits ended, sales followed. The discontinued Lightning truck was down 97.1%; the F-Series as a whole, 1.9%.

Behind Ford's third-quarter sales, down 6.6% overall, its electric-vehicle sales fell about 80%, and 67.5% for the year so far, because a year earlier buyers had rushed to beat the end of the $7,500 federal tax credit; the discontinued F-150 Lightning was down 97.1%, while the F-Series as a whole was off only 1.9%.

▶ Keep watching in the feed

Starring

Tags

Source

Ford fends off Hyundai to retain No. 3 U.S. sales position in third quarter

CNBC · Oct 2, 2026

Same story, other shows

More from The Long Road