{"id":300695,"date":"2024-02-08T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=300695"},"modified":"2024-02-08T17:22:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:22:11","slug":"ford-lost-billions-on-evs-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=300695","title":{"rendered":"Ford Lost Billions On EVs In 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"380\" data-attachment-id=\"300705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=300705\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00ap23047139215572\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?fit=723%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?resize=723%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/02\/07\/ford-lost-billions-electric-vehicles-2023\/\">Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"50\" data-attachment-id=\"300696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=300696\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-116.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"528,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-116\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-116.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-116.png?resize=528%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-116.png?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-116.png?resize=300%2C28&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/Nick+Pope\">NICK POPE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CONTRIBUTOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"477\" data-attachment-id=\"300703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=300703\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?fit=1920%2C1268&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1268\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Ford F-150 Lightning&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ford F-150 Lightning&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ford F-150 Lightning\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford F-150 Lightning&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?fit=723%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?resize=723%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-300703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?resize=1024%2C676&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?resize=768%2C507&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?resize=1536%2C1014&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?resize=1200%2C793&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0Ford-F-150-Lightning-electric-pickup-truck-2022-mx12.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ford F-150 Lightning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford lost billions of dollars on its electric vehicle (EV) product lines last year, according to corporate documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company lost $4.7 billion on EVs in 2023, a greater loss than the $4.5 billion the company\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s201.q4cdn.com\/693218008\/files\/doc_financials\/2023\/q2\/7-27-23-Ford-Pro-Ford-Blue-Drive-Solid-Second-Quarter-Results-Company-Raises-Expectations-for-Full-Year-2023-Profitability.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expected<\/a>\u00a0it would lose in 2023 at mid-year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s201.q4cdn.com\/693218008\/files\/doc_financials\/2023\/q4\/2-6-24-Ford-Delivers-Solid-2023-Provides-Outlook-for-Healthy-24-Company-Declares-Regular-Supplemental-Stock-Dividends.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to a summary of the company\u2019s annual earnings. The company pointed to \u201can extremely competitive pricing environment\u201d as a key reason for the losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford sold 72,608 EVs in 2023, meaning that the company lost nearly $65,000 on each EV that it sold. The company is expecting to lose between $5 billion and $5.5 billion on its EV products in 2024, according to the earnings document.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/02\/06\/morgan-stanley-cold-water-biden-electric-vehicle-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(RELATED: Morgan Stanley Throws Cold Water On Biden\u2019s Lofty EV Targets)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cda9hRe4yS\">https:\/\/t.co\/cda9hRe4yS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1752742332510663108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe customer insights we\u2019re getting by being an early mover in electric pickups, SUVs and commercial vehicles are invaluable \u2013 especially as we\u2019re developing next generation EVs that are going to surprise customers and be profitable within a year of launch,\u201d John Lawler, Ford\u2019s CFO, said of the company\u2019s 2023 results and its outlook for the future. \u201cEVs are here to stay, customer adoption is growing,\u201d added Lawler, who also commended the \u201clong-term upside\u201d of the products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January, the company announced that it is cutting production of its F-150 Lightning EV pickup truck amid slower-than-anticipated growth in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/11\/08\/biden-electric-vehicles-consumer-demand-cooling-subsidies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EV demand<\/a>. President Joe Biden took a F-150 Lightning for a test drive during a visit to Michigan in May 2021 to promote his administration\u2019s EV agenda, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/04\/17\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-private-and-public-sector-investments-for-affordable-electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aims<\/a>&nbsp;to have EVs constitute 50% of all new car sales by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Motors(GM), one of Ford\u2019s main competitors,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/01\/30\/gm-automaker-billion-loss-electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost<\/a>&nbsp;about $1.7 billion on its EV product lines in the fourth quarter of 2023 alone. The company&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/30\/gm-cruise-electric-cars-autonomous-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;in October 2023 that it has dropped a goal to produce 400,000 EVs by the middle of 2024, citing profitability and demand concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration is using large\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/01\/biden-ev-billions-more-than-advertised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/31\/biden-billions-retrofit-auto-plants-electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subsidies<\/a>\u00a0and aggressive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/04\/12\/biden-admin-two-thirds-electric-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">market<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/07\/28\/biden-admin-fires-next-regulatory-salvo-in-its-ev-push\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regulation<\/a>\u00a0to push EVs on Americans. Despite these efforts, the industry as a whole finds itself in a tenuous position to start 2024: Ford and several of its competitors are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/10\/08\/evs-are-costing-auto-manufacturers-billions-while-union-strikes-take-their-toll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">losing<\/a>\u00a0vast sums of money on their EV product lines while executives are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/10\/31\/automobile-executives-companies-pump-brakes-electric-vehicle-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backing away<\/a>\u00a0from short-term production targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe said yesterday that we will launch our second-generation EVs when they can be profitable and deliver the kind of returns we want, and we will build a stand-alone profitable EV business,\u201d a Ford spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.\u00a0 \u201cMeantime, we\u2019re improving the contribution margin of our first-generation EVs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford lost billions of dollars on its electric vehicle (EV) product lines last year, according to corporate documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":300705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Ford lost billions of dollars on its electric vehicle (EV) product lines last year, according to corporate documents.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691821977,691826581,691818772],"class_list":{"0":"post-300695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-electric-vehicles-evs","9":"tag-ford-f-150-lightning","10":"tag-u-s-president-joe-biden","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00ap23047139215572.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1gdV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":418054,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=418054","url_meta":{"origin":300695,"position":0},"title":"The EV bubble, or what\u2019s left of it, popped this week","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"21\/12\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"After carmakers invested billions into EV designs, and the EU and UK vowed to ban internal combustion engines, it\u2019s all come undone. Donald Trump pulled the pin on subsidies for EVs and eased the strict emissions rules that punished petrol and diesel cars. 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This afternoon, the company reported that it lost $1.224 billion in its EV business during the third quarter. 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