Ford Hybrid Sales: So Far, Not Hurt By All Those MPG Reductions

It's embarrassing when an automaker has to reduce its EPA gas-mileage ratings after being investigated by the agency, as Ford did in August 2013 for its 2013 and 2014 C-Max Hybrid.

It's even more embarrassing when the company has to cut the rating on those vehicles again--along with five others--just 10 months later, after discovering errors in its testing procedures.

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So you might expect that Ford's sales of hybrid-electric vehicles have been hurt by the two cuts in fuel efficiency on its highly-touted dedicated hybrid, the C-Max.

Not so much, it turns out.

More hybrids than ever

With August sales figures in, Ford continues to more hybrid vehicles on average than it has in any previous years.

And as noted by Ward's Auto before the August data was in, Ford's hybrid sales seem to have bounced back from any bad publicity.

In 2012, the company delivered about 35,000 hybrid vehicles--just marginally below its best-ever year of 2010, when it delivered 35,500 hybrids.

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But that number more than doubled last year, the full full year on sale for its C-Max hatchback and Fusion mid-size sedan Hybrids and Energi plug-in hybrids.

In 2013, Ford sold 86,000 of its four hybrid models.