Lightning production plant being paused due to aluminum plant fire 😕

[Albern]

Do or die Ford. Why not cancel a line of the ICE F-Series instead?

Also, isn't aluminum a commodity? Why bottleneck to a single-sourced supplier?

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[Effonefiddy Lightning]

Do or die Ford. Why not cancel a line of the ICE F-Series instead?

Also, isn't aluminum a commodity? Why bottleneck to a single-sourced supplier?

By line you mean trim level? I believe they sell more than the Lightning, they wouldn't do that.

 

[RLXXI]

The fire is a handy out for Ford to get back to common sense manufacturing. Build+sell=profit.

They no longer have the EPA chokehold mandating what they can build. Wouldn't surprise me if they quit building EV's completely.

I hope I'm completely wrong.

 

[arod412]

Just wait until gas/oil goes up....all of a sudden there is a demand and they will get back to making lighting. Thats how I see it.

It is a bummer with shutting down the lighting, but I think that they need to figure out a way to reduce pricing so it can sell more and make more from it.

 

[PreservedSwine]

The fire is a handy out for Ford to get back to common sense manufacturing. Build+sell=profit.

They no longer have the EPA chokehold mandating what they can build. Wouldn't surprise me if they quit building EV's completely.

I hope I'm completely wrong.

The market agrees, as reflected in the stock movement after this news dropped.
if the government simply stayed out of it, instead of forcing the issue, there wouldn't be such ingrained resistance and strong ev resentment among so many people.
Personally love my Lightning. It's impossible not to after driving it.
I still believe things will work themselves out. It's simply better.

 

[RLXXI]

Just wait until gas/oil goes up....all of a sudden there is a demand and they will get back to making lighting. Thats how I see it.

It is a bummer with shutting down the lighting, but I think that they need to figure out a way to reduce pricing so it can sell more and make more from it.

Gas around me has been steady falling, it's dropped about $0.50/gal in two months. That's also a driving factor, pun not intended.

Look at it like this, if they do stop making them, it'll make all of our trucks a limited edition. Might make for a good future investment.

 

[PJnc284]

Heck I hope it stays low. Makes my fishing trips a lot cheaper. 80-90 gallons of E-Free 93 still ain't cheap.

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