Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Production and shipments of the Ford F-150 Lightning have been stopped, though sales continue. On Tuesday, Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg confirmed to Green Car Reports a stop-build and in-transit stop-ship order has been given for the F-150 Lightning pickup truck due to a potential battery issue.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Production and shipments of the Ford F-150 Lightning have been stopped, though sales continue. On Tuesday, Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg confirmed to Green Car Reports a stop-build and in-transit stop-ship order has been given for the F-150 Lightning pickup truck due to a potential battery issue.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ford is reducing planned production volumes of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck by half next year, Automotive News reported Monday, citing a memo addressed to suppliers.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ford plans to cut its F-150 Lightning production by about half in 2024. “We’ll continue to match production with customer demand,” said a Ford spokeswoman. Ford aims to execute its new F-150 Lighting production plans by January 2024.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Ford has begun deliveries of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck in Europe, with the first of the units going to a couple located in Norway. The delivery kicks off the F-150 Lightning’s entrance into the European market, beginning in Norway as expected. Hope your new F-150 Lightning serves you well!”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

Additional product availability details will be released later this year. Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum Black Edition. In Q2 2023, Ford reported sales of 4,466 F-150 Lightnings. Intuitive, 7-inch-diagonal touchscreen system control panel designed for ease of use. Reservations for HUMMER EV are currently full.

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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

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. Ford sold 7,743 F-150 Lightning units in the U.S.

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

Ford said that 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. In addition, Ford Credit is offering eligible buyers interest rates as low as 1.9% APR for 36-months.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Ford announced this morning that it was offering several incentive and bonus cash programs on the F-150 Lightning, which have up to $15,000 in savings value on some trims in the lineup. The discounts apply to 2023 model year F-150 Lightning pickups and are slashing between $7,500 and $15,000 off the price of select trim levels.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 3, 2023

Ford Motor Company has resumed production of the F-150 Lightning following a six-week shutdown to expand and retool the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center plant to triple manufacturing capacity of the award-winning electric truck.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 4, 2024

Prices of certain versions of the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck are going up, while others go down, Ford revealed Tuesday, in a recalibration of costs for the electric truck as the automaker prepares to cut production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2021

Ford announced that it will reveal the new battery-electric F-150 Lightning pickup—a revival of the name of the old Ford SVT Lightning performance truck—in 19 May in a livestreamed event at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn. Now comes the F-150 Lightning. The reveal takes place at 9:30 p.m.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 20, 2024

The company is moving nimbly across its global footprint to capitalize on its balanced […] The post Ford reduces F-150 Lightning production, adds jobs at Bronco and Ranger plant appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ford has stopped shipments of the 2024 F-150 Lightning, but not because there isn’t demand for the electric truck. The automaker said it stopped deliveries on February 9 to conduct quality inspections, but production is still rolling at the automaker’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ford said today it would suspend F-150 Lightning production for another week after identifying issues with battery cells provided by supplier SK. However, Ford will continue the halt in production “through the end of next week,” it told Teslarati in a statement. . I’d love to hear from you!

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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. Earlier post.).

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

An F-150 Lightning sitting in a holding lot on company property caught fire earlier this month, leading to Ford halting production at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center and issuing a stop shipment order until the cause of the battery fire has been identified.

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I just wrote about Ford’s surging EV sales, particularly its F-150 Lightning sales, which were up 113% in November compared. Why is Ford Cutting F-150 Lightning Production Plans In Half? continued] The post What Is Happening? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ford’s F-150 Lightning is the top selling electric truck in the US through November. As production at its Rouge EV plant ramps up, a new video gives us an inside look at how Ford builds its Lightning in the US. more… The post See how Ford builds its F-150 Lightning electric pickup [video] appeared first on Electrek.

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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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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ford has seen more ups and downs with the F-150 Lightning than with almost any other product in recent memory. The automaker struggled to keep pace with early demand and even had to temporarily shutter production to deal with battery issues before announcing a ramp-up to push more trucks to market.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Ford’s Lightning production woes may have hit another hurdle. The automaker revealed plans Friday to temporarily trim one of three shifts at its Rouge EV plant in Michigan, where the F-150 Lightning is built. more… The post Ford’s F-150 Lightning Michigan EV plant is losing a shift appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2022

Ford on Monday announced the start of "full production of 2022 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, part of the massive Detroit Rouge Complex that builds non-electric F-150 trucks. Ford said in a press release that it has 200,000 reservations for the Lightning.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 19, 2024

After facing significant challenges ramping up production and meeting customer demand for the F-150 Lightning, Ford recently announced layoffs that will drastically cut volume at its electric vehicle factory in Michigan. The F-150 Lightning is no exception, though gas trucks aren’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination.

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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

MARCH 3, 2023

Despite an ongoing pause in F-150 Lightning production, Ford says it will boost output this year in response to overwhelming demand. Ford aims to triple Lightning and double Mach-E production as consumers continue gravitating toward its popular EVs.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Ford Motor Company has maintained a steady flow of $100 reservation holders for its upcoming electric F-150 Lightning pickup, and that has now surpassed 160,000 in total. Every indication is that these reservation numbers will continue to grow as the F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 8, 2023

Ford is on track to increase production of the F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center this fall to reduce customer wait times. The high-demand F-150 Lightning XLT model gains the largest initial production increase with new retail orders made today estimated to deliver as early as September.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 3, 2024

Ford has kicked off 2024 with a round of price adjustments on trims of the F-150 Lightning, the EV iteration of its extremely popular pickup truck. Ford launches rare Platinum Black Edition F-150 Lightning Additionally, the Flash configuration is being introduced to the lineup and will start at $73,495.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 17, 2023

Many electric vehicle fans hoped the Ford F-150 Lightning would take the US by storm — at least, as much as it could with the production capacity Ford targets. And the electric truck has done quite okay. However, it could do better, and it should now — because Ford is dropping the MSRP of the […]

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 2, 2023

Ford on Thursday confirmed that it will restart production of the F-150 Lightning electric truck on March 13, at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ford said today that its F-150 Lightning production halt would continue through the end of next week. Yesterday, Ford said it would pause production of the F-150 Lightning due to a vehicle battery problem. There is no stop-sale, only a stop-shipment and a temporary halt on Lightning production.

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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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