© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A cab of a mannequin of the all-new F-150 Lightning electrical pickup truck is seen on an meeting line on the Ford Rouge Electrical Automobile Middle in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Prepare dinner
(Reuters) – Ford Motor (NYSE:) Co stated on Friday that it’ll open orders for its widespread F-150 Lightning truck subsequent week as a part of their plan to scale to annual manufacturing of 150,000 models.
Ford is going through one other manufacturing snag on the F-150 pickup vans as a consequence of lacking door handles, a supply advised Reuters on Wednesday.
The corporate confronted a manufacturing snag in February after a battery hearth. Manufacturing resumed in March.
“Whereas a provider half scarcity is affecting a few of our North American vegetation, we count on to make up the entire manufacturing that’s impacted,” the automaker stated in an emailed assertion on Wednesday.
Ford this week posted strong first-quarter income and reiterated its plans to spice up Lightning manufacturing to a charge of 150,000 automobiles a yr by the tip of this yr.
