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Title: Ford may not resume production of the F-150 Lightning

Link: https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/f...

The Wall Street Journal reported today that Ford may be on the verge of
sunsetting the F-150 Lightning truck. The model is an electric pick-up truck,
and the best-selling one in the US, but the publication cited Ford execs who
said the company would consider halting production completely on the F-150
Lightning. WeΓÇÖve reached out to Ford for comment and will update if we
receive a statement.

The auto brand said it would cut back on production last January due to
slowing demand for the vehicles. At the time, Ford shuffled several of the
workers who had been building the F-150 Lightning to constructing other auto
models. Then, a fire this October at an aluminum plant supplying Ford led the
company to pause production of the Lightning trucks. In Ford's third-quarter
financial results, its Model e electric vehicle operation lost $1.4 billion,
and has lost $3.6 billion over the first nine months of 2025. Rather than
projects such as the F-150 Lightning, Ford has hinted that it will shift
strategy to work on smaller, more affordable electric vehicles based on its
Universal EV platform.

Ford may not be the only manufacturer to ramp down its EV plans in the US. A
federal tax credit of $7,500 for purchasing EVs was abruptly ended in
September under the current administration's financial policies. After
unveiling its latest EV models this week, Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe spoke to
Engadget about the potential long-term impact: "With the Trump administration
in place, we have a sense that maybe the EV growth has been moved back out by
maybe five years or so into the future."

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/f...
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