Lightning retakes EV pickup sales crown from Cybertruck (for both March and Q1 2025)

Administrator · Friday at 6:48 AM

The F-150 Lightning has reclaimed the top spot among electric pickups in the U.S., according to S&P Global Mobility.

In March, the Cybertruck logged 2,170 new registrations—falling over 400 units behind the Lightning, which registered 2,598 vehicles. The Lightning, which hit the market in May 2022, has edged ahead in both March and the full first quarter of 2025.

Across the first quarter, Tesla’s Cybertruck totaled 7,126 registrations, while the F-150 Lightning reached 7,913.

Ford F-150 Lightning Lightning retakes EV pickup sales crown from Cybertruck (for both March and Q1 2025) f150lightning vs Cybertruck sales

lurker · Friday at 8:35 AM

Great to see the Lightning holding its ground even after 4(?) years of the current model. Can’t wait for the T3.

BlueLightning · Friday at 8:42 AM

Great news for all EVs in a trying time.

Keep burning those Lightning electrons!

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Madtroniks · Friday at 9:03 AM

This is great news. Lightning all day long over Cybertruck.

MidAtlanticLightningClub · Friday at 9:16 AM

I don’t think the CyberTruck is going to regain that title. Their limit market seems to have dried up.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/tes...llion-worth-of-cybertrucks-that-nobody-wants/

Randall Stephens · Friday at 9:26 AM

Weren’t the lightning April sales pretty bad?

davehu · Friday at 9:33 AM

Randall Stephens said:
Weren’t the lightning April sales pretty bad?

1790 for april. yeah, pretty bad.

Randall Stephens · Friday at 9:43 AM

If it’s really due to low inventory then sales will recover a bit. I don’t see the lightning blowing the cybertruck out of the water sales wise, I guess they’ll probably hover around the same levels going forward. I don’t see the ev truck market growing much with the current administration.

MaintGrl · Friday at 9:50 AM

Well I had read that there are 8k cyber trucks sitting in lots waiting for someone to buy them...
Note: didn't have time to fact check that....

F150ROD · Friday at 10:13 AM

This is crazy considering this is an old truck compared to the new shiny one

Joe.....Montana · Friday at 10:28 AM

Poor April sales were "due to low inventory"...I put that in quotes because that is what Ford said...I believe the Lightning is still selling, even being an "old" truck, because it is new to a lot of people. More and more people are figuring out that electric can work for them and they want a truck. That is why I bought the Lightning. My use case for a truck and the Lightning aligned pretty well perfectly.

ryun · Friday at 10:52 AM

Just makes that cybertruck vs F150 tug-of-war video Tesla put out years ago all the more hilarious. Can't remember where I read it, but I thought I read somewhere that Ford didn't have any interest in making the Lightning until that video came out.

TaxmanHog · Friday at 10:57 AM

Randall Stephens said:
Weren’t the lightning April sales pretty bad?

Yes, the OP article is citing a source that IS NOT Fords official sales report.

https://fordauthority.com/fmc/ford-...s-numbers/ford-f-150-lightning-sales-numbers/

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F150ROD · Friday at 11:03 AM

ryun said:
Just makes that cybertruck vs F150 tug-of-war video Tesla put out years ago all the more hilarious. Can't remember where I read it, but I thought I read somewhere that Ford didn't have any interest in making the Lightning until that video came out.

I think Ford was already in the process of making an EV Truck. If I recall a few days or weeks later their released they promo of an EV F-150 hauling a train lol

ryun · Friday at 11:10 AM

F150ROD said:
I think Ford was already in the process of making an EV Truck. If I recall a few days or weeks later they released they promo of an EV F-150 hauling a train lol

Ah, good to know. Guess I just heard wrong. Thank you!