DETROIT — In order to resolve bloated inventories and cut losses on pickup trucks, Ford Motor Company intends to stop producing its all-electric F-150 Lightning from mid-November until early next year.
The manufacturer said Thursday that the seven-week outage, which included already scheduled holiday downtime at the end of the year, would take place at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in suburban Detroit from November 18 to January 6.
In a response sent by email, Ford stated, “We continue to adjust production for an optimal mix of sales growth and profitability.”
The Michigan plant will temporarily lay off about 730 hourly employees. According to Ford, not all employee will lose their jobs during the outage.
Automotive News was the first to report on the production cancellation. This comes as sales of all-electric vehicles have not increased as rapidly as many had anticipated due to increased prices and hesitant consumer adoption.