The electric Hummer is almost outselling the F-150 Lightning

In the second quarter of 2025, General Motors (GM) nearly matched Ford’s F-150 Lightning sales in the U.S. with 4,508 electric Hummer trucks and SUVs sold, despite the Hummer’s significantly higher price. This contributed to a strong quarter for GM’s electric vehicle (EV) lineup, which saw a 111% increase in EV sales year-over-year, including models like the electric Equinox, Silverado, Blazer EV, Escalade IQ, and GMC Sierra. GM’s commercial EV division, BrightDrop, also boosted sales with 1,318 electric vans sold, up from 490 the previous year. The growth was partly due to many of these models being new or not available in the same quarter of the previous year, contrasting with the broader U.S. EV market where many automakers experienced declines. Ford, by comparison, faced a 31% drop in U.S. EV sales in Q2 2025, with significant declines in the