Ford Motor’s business last year declined 6.8% contrasted with 2020, however the automaker said it made progress at the year’s end in conquering disturbances brought about by a continuous semiconductor chip lack.

The Detroit automaker on Wednesday said it sold 508,451 vehicles in the final quarter, a 27% increment over the past quarter — obviously better than the business’ decrease of around 3% during that period.

Stock hopped in December to 247,000 vehicles, up 22,000 from November, a turnaround from prior in the year brought about by the chip lack.

Andrew Frick, VP of Ford deals in the U.S. what’s more Canada, portrayed 2021 as “turbulent and dynamic” during a call with correspondents. He said the organization was “pleased” with Ford’s completion for the year.

Overall, the U.S. automotive industry sold 15.1 million vehicles in 2021 notwithstanding significant production network interruptions and the waiting effect of the Covid pandemic, as per industry tracker Autodata. It was the most fragile sales year starting around 2012.

Ford sold 1.9 million vehicles, down 6.8% from 2020. That kept up with its third-place U.S. deals position behind General Motors and Toyota Motor, which ousted GM in U.S. deals following a 90-year run as the No. 1 American automaker.

Ford likewise beat down GM to turn into the nation’s subsequent top of the line automaker of all-electric vehicles behind Tesla.

Ford sold 27,140 of its Mustang Mach-E EVs, overshadowing the 24,828 deals complete of GM’s Chevrolet Bolt EV models and one Hummer EV in 2021. Both are infinitesimal contrasted and Tesla, which doesn’t report U.S. deals, yet said it conveyed a record 936,172 EVs universally last year.

GM additionally needed to generally quit delivering Bolt EVs because of a review of the vehicle’s batteries that could cause a fire. By the by, Ford’s Frick said the not really settled to beat GM in EVs in 2022.

“That’s our aspiration to become the clear No. 2 electric vehicle maker in the next couple years,” he said, citing increased production of the Mustang Mach-E and the launch of electric versions of the F-150 pickup and Transit van. “That obviously just puts us in a much better position” to do so.