3 Signs That the Ford F-150 Lightning Is in Real Trouble

It seems like yesterday when the Ford F-150 Lightning made its successful premiere.

That did, however, cause a brief storm of notoriety and attention.

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The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning seems to be cooling down earlier than anticipated.

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One of the cars in the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike is the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning,

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but that's not the reason the EV facility is missing a shift.

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At the Rouge EV facility in Michigan, a three-shift schedule is being reduced because of various

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ncluding as problems with the supply chain. 700 employment will be impacted as a consequence.

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Things aren't going well since Ford sought to increase the manufacturing of EVs following this.

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The reductions can possibly be connected to a drop in sales. Sales of the electric Ford truck

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have decreased by 46% from the third quarter of the previous year.

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The Lighting sold 6,464 models in the third quarter of 2022, but in the same period of 2023,

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The CEO of Ford, Jim Farley, said that the company would not be manufacturing 600,000 EV vehicles

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