Ford issued a stop-build and stop-ship order for the F-150 Lightning electrical pickup truck a few weeks in the past after a brand new truck’s battery caught hearth in a Dearborn, Mich., lot. At the moment, Ford introduced that it will restart Lightning manufacturing March 13 on the Rouge Electrical Automobile Middle, ending this saga.
Again when the incident initially occurred, Ford mentioned that it was investigating the difficulty and believed it had discovered the basis trigger. We nonetheless don’t know what the basis trigger was from Ford’s assertion in the present day, and once we requested for extra particulars, Ford advised us that it gained’t be offering any extra particulars in the present day. As for Ford’s official assertion, here is what the corporate mentioned:
“We are going to restart manufacturing on the Rouge Electrical Automobile Middle (REVC) on March 13, permitting time for SK On’s battery cells to be constructed into battery arrays and packs and be delivered to the Lightning manufacturing line. Within the weeks forward, we are going to proceed to use our learnings and work with SK On’s group to make sure we proceed delivering high-quality battery packs – right down to the battery cells. As REVC ramps up manufacturing, we are going to proceed holding already-produced autos whereas we work by way of engineering and components updates.”
SK On is the battery producer for the F-150 Lightning’s pack and has been because the begin of manufacturing. Nothing seems to be altering on that entrance, however the wait from in the present day till March 13 is to permit SK On to get no matter updates it made to the battery packs into manufacturing. What these updates are will stay a thriller in the meanwhile, since Ford isn’t speaking about it.
When you’re fascinated with testing the timeline of this story and the way it developed, be sure to loop again to our authentic publish. We’ll be following it for extra updates, as hopefully someday Ford talks us by way of the battery situation it recognized and what’s being carried out to resolve it.
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