Ford delays start of full production of electric pickup at Tennessee factory
Just The News | June 13, 2024 | Kevin KilloughOriginally, Ford had said in 2021 that it would start production in 2025.
Full production at a Ford EV factory in west Tennessee that was to deliver the company’s F150 Lightning electric pickup truck is being delayed.
State Sen. Page Walley, a Republican, told the “Tennessee Outlook” full production of the vehicle line was being pushed back by nine months as a result of a “read on the economy.”
Ford said in 2021 that it would start production in 2025. Now the electric pickup trucks aren’t expected to be delivered to dealerships until 2026, according to the “Outlook.”
Ford lost $132,000 on each electric vehicle it sold in the first quarter of this year, and according to reports, the company cut orders from its battery suppliers as production plans are scaled back.
The Ford people recall when they used to make an actual profit from selling vehicles, and weep…
Watts with that!…
This article left off the main reasoning: Ford can’t sell all the Lightnings they have aleady made. People aren’t buying up all these electric cars like the government voluntold us to.
On a side note, here in WA, where I believe our governor has us on track to eliminate ICE vehicles even sooner than CA, and where they have banned natural gas, and gas powered lawn equipment, and where we are closing down our hydro-electric power plants to save the salmon… has announced they are planning rolling brownouts this summer.