For the second time this year, US car company Ford will temporarily halt production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. The reason is the same as the first time – enough demand.
Sales of the F-150 Lightning are also worse than expected near the end of 2024, so the production line at the Michigan plant will be stopped again and will be idle from mid-November until January 6, 2025.
It first happened in February 2024, when the shutdown lasted nine weeks, with management laying off two-thirds of the workforce and announcing that the plant would cut half the number of F-150 Lightnings it makes. make
When mass production began in the spring of 2022, the F-150 Lightning was in high demand, at one point becoming the best-selling electric pickup on the US market, but after that interest from use in the electronic and electric vehicles in general down, forcing. the manufacturer is looking for more flexible solutions.
Statistically, this year the F-150 Lightning also shows a good balance compared to last year – 22,800 copies were sold and an increase of 86 percent, but against the background of the overall market, this is not what Ford was hoping for.
To promote sales of the electric pickup, the manufacturer announced that the price of the base model of 2025 will be 7,215 dollars lower than it was in 2024.
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2024-11-03 02:43:00
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