Ford has prolonged a manufacturing shutdown of its all-electric Ford Lightning pickup truck by one other week.
Ford initially paused manufacturing and shipments of the Ford Lightning on February because of a possible battery problem and a day after a battery fireplace. Ford and its battery cell manufacturing accomplice SK have recognized the issue, the automaker advised TechCrunch.
Ford stated in a press release that it agrees with SK’s really useful adjustments in its gear and processes for cell manufacturing traces.
“SK has began constructing battery cells once more in Commerce, Georgia,” Ford stated in a press release emailed to TechCrunch. “It’s going to take SK time to make sure they’re again to constructing high-quality cells and to ship them to the Lightning manufacturing line. Ford’s Rouge Electrical Car Heart will droop manufacturing by means of the tip of subsequent week, and we’ll proceed to supply updates.”
The corporate confirmed that in a regular Lightning pre-delivery high quality verify, one automobile displayed a battery problem and caught fireplace on February 4. Manufacturing was stopped the next day.
“Now we have no motive to consider F-150 Lightnings already in prospects’ palms are affected by this problem,” an organization spokesperson stated in an e-mail. Ford Lightning automobiles in seller heaps are nonetheless on the market, the corporate confirmed.
The Ford Lightning launched lower than a yr in the past and is being carefully watched by shareholders and business analysts. Ford CEO Jim Farley has admitted that the corporate has struggled to maintain prices in verify because of inefficiencies and quite a few remembers which have plagued different fashions. There has solely been one recall for the Ford Lightning that was associated to a tire strain sensor. Ford has but to problem a recall or discover related to the battery problem recognized by engineers.
