Electrek

JANUARY 19, 2024

Ford is cutting production of the F-150 Lightning amid falling demand for the all-electric truck. The move comes just months after Ford’s Michigan EV plant already lost a shift.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Ford has put a pause on sending out dealer shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup, though the company also recently began delivering its 2024 gas versions of the truck. “We started shipping the first newly designed F-150 pickups to dealers this week,” Ford noted in a statement.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 20, 2024

Ford Motor Company announced plans to create nearly 900 new jobs as part of a new third crew at Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne to meet demand for the popular Bronco and Bronco Raptor and the all-new Ranger and Ranger Raptor.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Ford Motor Company plans to raise production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand, Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning.

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Teslarati

APRIL 16, 2024

Ford has reopened orders for its F-150 Lightning electric pickup, after the automaker announced plans earlier this year to pause shipments. The price cut knocked as much as $5,500 off of one F-150 Lightning trim, while a couple of others saw reductions of $2,000 or more.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2023

Ford is grappling with another F-150 production issue shortly after addressing a minor battery fire that held up production earlier this year. Ford’s F-150 Lighting is easily one of its most important products. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2023

Ford F-150 Lightning prices are increasing once again after the automaker restarted production of the all-electric pickup. Ford is hiking the F-150 Lightning Pro trim level to $59,974, up $4,000. Additionally, the Lariat Standard Range F-150 Lightning will go up $1,500, from $74,474 to $75,974.

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Electrek

JUNE 8, 2023

has shared an update on its journey to scale production of its super popular, all-electric F-150 Lightning in order to reduce customer wait times. The American automaker has bolstered production of its XLT trim, in particular, and is limiting new reservation wait times down under four months. Ford Motor Co.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Local conversion to right-hand drive could be the way the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pick-up truck makes it on-sale in Australia. 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning. “We The Lightning is not top priority for the new Melbourne facility, which is currently ramping up production of four different versions of the F-150.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Ford F-150 Lightning is an acclaimed vehicle. The all-electric pickup truck saw so much hype that over 100,000 buyers placed a deposit for it. As per a recent analysis of the second-hand vehicle market, however, it would appear that Ford is finding it hard to find buyers for its used F-150 Lightning inventory.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 16, 2024

Following a nine-week hold on F-150 Lightning allocations to dealers, Ford has announced it will be resuming shipments. Despite stalling deliveries of the all-electric F-150 pickup, your author has noticed there still seemed to be a more-than-healthy number of trucks sitting around on nearby Ford lots.

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

Ford confirmed this morning that production of the F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup restarted this morning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center (REVC) following a shutdown due to a battery fire. ” #F150Lightning production restarted this morning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. .”

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2022

It appears that Ford is getting more and more serious about ramping its upcoming all-electric pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning. Previous production plans for the vehicle were only for 40,000 units annually, though this was eventually raised to 80,000 trucks per year. “In Sept.,

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 18, 2023

Ford Motor Company reduced prices for its F-150 Lightning electric pickup, saying it is taking advantage of increased plant capacity, continued work on scaling production and cost, and improving battery raw material costs to help lower the MSRP of F-150 Lightning for all customers.

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Teslarati

MARCH 21, 2023

Ford F-150 Lightning units were recalled as part of a battery manufacturing defect that halted production for several weeks. Details regarding the recall were released this morning by the NHTSA, which revealed the defect could be attributed to an electrical short-circuit. I’d love to hear from you!

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Teslarati

MARCH 2, 2023

Ford said it would restart production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on March 13 after a multiple-week manufacturing stoppage. It was unknown how long the production stoppage would last , but Ford finally has answers. the company said initially.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Update 1:46 PM EST: paragraph 3 updated with quote from Ford Ford is halting production and shipments of the F-150 Lightning, its all-electric version of the best-selling pickup truck in the United States, citing potential battery issues. Ford announced yesterday that it was investing $3.5 Ford announces $3.5B

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Today, Ford announced it has launched pre-production of the F-150 Lightning, the company’s all-electric version of the U.S.’ Additionally, the company announced it will invest an additional $250 million into electric vehicle employment and production efforts. Pre-production model shown.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Additionally, Ford’s E-Transit—due to start production in a few weeks—is sold out, according to Ford, and the electric F-150 Lightning now has more than 160,000 reservations. To date, Mustang Mach-E ranks second in sales in the full-electric SUV segment, behind Tesla’s Model Y. Retail sales were up 17.4%

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2022

Ford dealerships are starting to receive units of the all-electric F-150 Lightning and they are applying massive market adjustments despite corporate’s stern orders not to do so several months ago. Credit: RDeFran | F-150 Lightning Forum. I’d love to hear from you!

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Electrek

MARCH 30, 2023

Today we’ve learned that Ford Motor Company has reopened its order books to the next wave of F-150 Lightning reservation holders. The news comes as the American automaker returns to full production of the all-electric truck this week at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan. Here’s the latest.

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EV Central

JANUARY 25, 2024

The all-new Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept has been unleashed, revealing the Blue Oval is plotting a faster all-electric Ford F-150 Raptor. To evolve the regular F-150 Lightning into something ready to tackle the legendary Baja100 race along the Californian peninsula has taken some work.

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Teslarati

JULY 17, 2023

Ford has cut F-150 Lightning prices by nearly $10,000 on some configurations of the all-electric pickup, while other variants are seeing price cuts by at least $6,000. Ford F-150 Lightning sales up over 100% in Q2 2023 vs 2022 REVC is currently closed due to the upgrades as they are nearing completion.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For 44 years and counting, the number one selling truck in the US has been the Ford F-150. When Ford decided to enter the truck EV market, it made perfect sense to extend the success of its Swiss army knife of pickups with an electric version. How does the Lightning Differ from ICE F-150s?

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Ford is cutting production of the F-150 Lightning amid falling demand for the all-electric truck. Ford slashes F-150 Lightning production, again Ford’s F-150 Lightning was the top-selling electric truck last year in the US last year. The new model starts at $73,495.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Ford’s electric version of the U.S. pickup king, the F-150, has reached 130,000 pre-orders, according to Mike Levine, the company’s North American Product Communications director. The F-150 Lightning was unveiled by Ford in May. Mike Levine (@mrlevine) September 2, 2021.

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2022

Ford officially launched production of the F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck today at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The F-150 Lightning was unveiled just under a year ago, in May 2021, and Ford CEO Jim Farley has high expectations for the all-electric pickup.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

Tesla is trolling Ford by dressing up a Cybertruck as an F-150 with a wrap, and it is evidently going to hit the streets soon. Just a few days ago, we reported that there was a sighting of a Cybertruck wrapped as an F-150, but many of us did not know why. But at Tesla, things are done a little differently than usual.

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Teslarati

APRIL 13, 2022

Ford is teasing a launch event for its next electric vehicle, the F-150 Lightning, on April 26 as the all-electric pickup heads closer to initial deliveries. It will take place at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. F150Lightning. 4.26.2022 [link] pic.twitter.com/yHFob7vOyK. —

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Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

The high-performance unit is teasing its new Ford F-150 Lightning -based EV SuperTruck ahead of its official debut. To showcase its abilities, Ford’s new electric SuperTruck will compete in the upcoming Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The team then relays what it learns to improve Ford’s production vehicles.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2022

Ford has sent out an internal memo to all dealerships in the United States and Canada, advising sales staff to not apply dealership markups to customers ordering the new, all-electric F-150 Lightning. In December, we reported that Ford was preparing to open the order bank for the F-150 Lightning in January.

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Electrek

JULY 17, 2023

Ford Motor Company says it is in the home stretch of massive upgrade to its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan – soon enabling the facility to triple F-150 Lightning production. more… The post Ford F-150 Lightning gets $10K price cut, $50K MSRP as ramping supply meets demand appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

Ford is boosting production in the US of its popular EVs—Mustang Mach-E®, F-150 Lightning and E-Transit—along with other customer favorites such as Bronco Sport and Maverick. The company is also preparing to launch all-new versions of four significant vehicles in 2023: Super Duty, Ranger, Mustang and Escape.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 23, 2021

Ford has doubled the production target for the F-150 Lightning to over 80,000 vehicles annually in 2024. This is in no small part due to the demand for the all-electric pickup truck, which has received about 120,000 customer reservations since its unveiling earlier this year.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

The cheapest 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning trim is no longer available for orders, at least for retail customers. Ford cuts cheapest F-150 Lightning trim in 2024 After opening orders for the 2024 F-150 Lightning last week, Ford announced the electric pickup was shipping from its Rouge Electric Vehicle plant.

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Teslarati

MAY 26, 2021

Just a week after Ford unveiled the F-150 Lightning in a very public unveiling event, the all-electric pickup has been spotted in New York City sporting a massive power frunk that could be used for storing impressive amounts of cargo or charging power tools. After all, it does equip a drain hole. What do you think?

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Teslarati

MAY 26, 2022

Ford has officially started making deliveries of the F-150 Lightning, with the first unit of the all-electric pickup being delivered to a Michigan resident earlier today. After placing an order on May 20, Nick took delivery of a Platinum Trim configuration of Ford’s second electric vehicle on May 26.

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