{"id":1211009,"date":"2023-12-12T09:02:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211009"},"modified":"2023-12-12T09:02:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:02:55","slug":"ford-tells-suppliers-its-halving-f-150-lightning-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211009","title":{"rendered":"Ford tells suppliers it\u2019s halving F-150 Lightning production"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Electric Ford F-150 Lightnings being built at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. (credit: Ford)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Production cuts are coming to the Ford F-150 Lightning. On Monday, Automotive News reported<\/a> that Ford’s suppliers have been told by the automaker that from January it is halving the production rate from 3,200 trucks a week down to 1,600 trucks a week.<\/p>\n

Ford debuted a fully electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck in 2022. You’d be hard-pressed to tell the electric F-150 Lightning<\/a> from a gas- or diesel-burning F-150\u2014bar some aerodynamic detailing here and there they all use the same body, and the EV hides its batteries neatly between the chassis rails.<\/p>\n

That conservatism in design appeared to be a winning strategy with the pickup crowd. Ford’s order books were flooded with over 200,000 reservations well before the truck hit the streets, spurring the automaker to announce last January<\/a> that it would double its original production plan and aim for an annual production rate of 150,000 trucks a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: Ars Technica – Ford tells suppliers it\u2019s halving F-150 Lightning production<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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