Ford U.S. sales up 1.6 percent in October

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ford Motor Company sold 175,584 vehicles in the United States in October this year, up 1.6 percent year on year, the company reported on Monday.

The U.S. automaker saw an increase of 3.4 percent in internal combustion vehicle sales in October, while sales of electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles dropped 24.8 percent and 4.0 percent, respectively.

Ford sold a total of 1,834,492