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Title: Ford may not resume production of the F-150 Lightning Post by: HCK on November 09, 2025, 04:05:03 pm Ford may not resume production of the F-150 Lightning
<p><a target="_blank" class="link rapid-with-clickid" href="https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=2f007401-3eaa-4237-b69b-54ccbe125502&siteId=us-engadget&pageId=1p-autolink&contentUuid=51c3c77e-87c7-490e-a4a6-33baf8da3002&featureId=text-link&merchantName=The+Wall+Street+Journal&linkText=The+Wall+Street+Journal&custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53c2ouY29tL2J1c2luZXNzL2F1dG9zL2ZvcmQtMTUwLWxpZ2h0bmluZy1ldi1kZWNpc2lvbi04OWRjMGQ4ND8iLCJjb250ZW50VXVpZCI6IjUxYzNjNzdlLTg3YzctNDkwZS1hNGE2LTMzYmFmOGRhMzAwMiIsIm9yaWdpbmFsVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy9hdXRvcy9mb3JkLTE1MC1saWdodG5pbmctZXYtZGVjaXNpb24tODlkYzBkODQ_In0&signature=AQAAATjc2SaOBTTpujWOruG6F8y-WIobGTNDar7cqOW_YqBG&gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Fbusiness%2Fautos%2Fford-150-lightning-ev-decision-89dc0d84%3F" data-i13n="elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:The Wall Street Journal;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1" data-original-link="https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-150-lightning-ev-decision-89dc0d84?">The Wall Street Journal[/url] reported today that Ford may be on the verge of sunsetting the F-150 Lightning truck. The model is an electric pick-up truck, and the best-selling one in the US, but the publication cited Ford execs who said the company would consider halting production completely on the F-150 Lightning. We’ve reached out to Ford for comment and will update if we receive a statement.</p><p>The auto brand said it would cut back on production <a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://www.engadget.com/ford-is-cutting-f-150-lightning-production-due-to-waning-demand-173838340.html" data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1">last January[/url] due to slowing demand for the vehicles. At the time, Ford shuffled several of the workers who had been building the F-150 Lightning to constructing other auto models. Then, <a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://electrek.co/2025/10/23/ford-halts-f-150-lightning-production-focus-on-gas-and-hybrids/" data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1">a fire[/url] this October at an aluminum plant supplying Ford led the company to pause production of the Lightning trucks. In Ford's third-quarter financial <a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/ford-reports-third-quarter-2025-financial-results" data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1">results[/url], its Model e electric vehicle operation lost $1.4 billion, and has lost $3.6 billion over the first nine months of 2025. Rather than projects such as the F-150 Lightning, Ford has hinted that it will shift strategy to work on smaller, more affordable electric vehicles based on its Universal EV platform.</p><p>Ford may not be the only manufacturer to ramp down its EV plans in the US. A federal tax credit of $7,500 for purchasing EVs was abruptly <a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-is-bad-for-american-evs-but-it-could-have-been-worse-210155196.html" data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1">ended[/url] in September under the current administration's financial policies. After unveiling its latest EV models this week, <a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/honda-shows-off-three-new-evs-in-tokyo-but-its-us-plans-are-getting-more-tepid-150000775.html" data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1">Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe spoke to Engadget[/url] about the potential long-term impact: "With the Trump administration in place, we have a sense that maybe the EV growth has been moved back out by maybe five years or so into the future."</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/ford-may-not-resume-production-of-the-f-150-lightning-221903848.html?src=rss Source: Ford may not resume production of the F-150 Lightning (https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/ford-may-not-resume-production-of-the-f-150-lightning-221903848.html?src=rss) |