{"id":44086,"date":"2023-03-03T00:03:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T05:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=44086"},"modified":"2023-03-03T00:03:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T05:03:25","slug":"1138928_ford-f-150-lightning-production-restarts-march-13-no-recall-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=44086","title":{"rendered":"Ford F-150 Lightning production restarts March 13, no recall yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ford on Thursday confirmed that it will restart production of the F-150 Lightning<\/a> electric truck on March 13 at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan.<\/p>\n

The restart, Ford explained in an update statement, allows time for battery cells from supplier SK On \u201cto be built into battery arrays and packs and be delivered to the Lightning production line.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the weeks ahead, we will continue to apply our learnings and work with SK On\u2019s team to ensure we continue delivering high-quality battery packs\u2014down to the battery cells,\u201d said company spokesperson Emma Bergg. \u201cAs REVC ramps up production, we will continue holding already-produced vehicles while we work through engineering and parts updates.\u201d<\/p>\n

In all, Lightning production will be at a standstill for about a month. Ford confirmed on Feb. 14 that it had suspended both production and shipments of the Lightning<\/a> due to a potential battery issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"2022<\/p>\n

2022 Ford F-150 Lightning pre-production<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Later that week, Ford confirmed that the issue was indeed related to the battery. Specifically, an F-150 Lightning caught fire outside during a pre-delivery quality check.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At that time, Ford said that the company had identified the \u201clikely population of vehicles affected by the issue,\u201d and said that there was no reason to believe that trucks already delivered to customers are affected by the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ford gave no further indication that a recall is in the works, but given the detail regarding engineering and parts updates, it could still be a possibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Ford F-150 Lightning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Lightning plays a key role in proving the technology, on the way to a next-generation full-size electric truck<\/a> already under development and to be made in larger numbers. Since its original reveal and even before deliveries started last May, Ford boosted production of the Lightning<\/a> to 150,000 annually, although it only delivered 15,617 Lightnings in 2022. The company in December again raised the price of the F-150 Lightning by thousands\u2014hiking the base version to almost 40% above its original price<\/a>\u2014and it has continued to report strong demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. The restart, Ford explained in an update statement, allows time for battery cells from supplier SK On \u201cto be built into battery arrays and packs and be delivered to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}