It is already resumed manufacturing in preparation for Ford to do the identical
by Stephen Rivers
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by Stephen Rivers
Ford’s battery provider ‘SK On’ says that the battery defect that precipitated an F-150 Lightning to burn down isn’t a basic flaw. The information comes as Ford continues to increase a shutdown on the F-150 Lighting manufacturing line. For its half, the battery provider has already resumed manufacturing after the incident that finally broken three automobiles.
Again on February 4th, a single Ford F-150 Lightning caught on fireplace, after which that fireside unfold to 2 different automobiles. Fortunately, all three had been sitting in a pre-delivery inspection automobile holding lot in Dearborn on the time. Ford finally confirmed the hearth however mentioned that it had no motive to consider that buyer automobiles had been affected by the identical challenge.
It additionally felt assured that it has decided the basis trigger and would apply what it realized to the manufacturing course of. Now, the model’s battery provider, SK On has already resumed manufacturing and has a press release of its personal that confirms what Ford’s advised us.
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“We consider this was a uncommon incidence, not a basic challenge with the expertise of the battery cells or our total manufacturing techniques… Working with Ford, SK On recognized the basis explanation for the problem and carried out measures of enchancment in our processes to deal with the problem,” it mentioned in a press release to the Detroit Information.
For now, it appears as if the problem hasn’t been present in any vehicles which have made it into clients’ arms. SK On additionally reiterated that it and Ford are constructing three extra battery crops together with one other EV F-Sequence pickup truck plant in Kentucky and Tennessee. In complete, the initiatives will price some $11.4 billion {dollars}.
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Ford has but to launch any data on when the F-150 Lightning manufacturing line will restart. The model loses cash each day that it’s down and demand for the electrical pickup actually isn’t diminishing. Earlier than the hearth, Ford mentioned that it hoped to ramp manufacturing to 150,000 models earlier than the tip of 2023. It additionally hasn’t confirmed when deliveries will start once more.
