Ford F-150 Lighting production accelerating to 150,000 annually by year-end
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Ford is making more F-150 Lighting trucks to reduce wait times between order and delivery. To achieve faster fulfillment, the automaker will be increasing its previous target goal of building 130,000 electric trucks annually to 150,000.
Ford is specifically increasing production of its mainline Lightning XLT versions, which will be deliverable by early September if ordered today. The automaker states that XLT is its highest-demand model.
Some customers have waited a year to get their preorders fulfilled, and reservations were closed throughout most of 2022 as Ford took a breather to catch up on 200,000 preorders. It had also halted production for a month earlier this year to investigate battery pack fires. Ford says the Lighting XLT is…
