Posted on 02/16/2023 3:39:52 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has suspended production and halted shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after a battery caught fire during a pre-delivery quality check.
Production at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, has been stopped until at least the end of next week.
The fire happened at an outdoor lot nearby in Dearborn where vehicles are held for quality checks. The truck with the battery problem and two nearby vehicles were damaged by the fire, Bergg said. No injuries were reported.
The company believes it has identified the root cause of the battery problem, including the likely population of trucks affected by it. “We monitor vehicle data to help ensure our vehicles are performing as expected in the field,” Bergg said.
The company will continue to hold completed trucks until engineering and production changes are made.
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An EV truck? How do you differentiate between a battery fire and a dumpster fire?
EV Ford F-150...
Zero-alcohol beer...
Why bother?
I saw one of those at a local Ford Dealer a couple weeks ago. The sticker price was $99,000.
Anyone who thinks an electric-only pick-up truck is a good idea needs to have their marketing team fired.
Just think...... congress just spent billions (with a B) for electric school buses made by companies who have never made electric vehicles.
We are going to put little kids on these. What could go wrong?
Maybe just a warning: Always part it outside, away from flammable shrubs and buildings.
Photo caption....
These federal pollution monitor crews will use different trucks as of today.
Sales must be REALLY bad.
Smoke from truck....
Elizabeth Warren reading the smoke signals: Braves cross big waters and trade elk pelts with settlers tomorrow.
China batteries do fail a lot.
I put a new battery in my Tacoma’s key.
CVS had a few of the one I needed and I had a coupon so almost free.
I got home and swapped a battery in . Dead fob.
2nd battery worked.
That’s the first dead out of the pack battery I can remember.
Just don't hold your breath!
China elec bus fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71cVhxG_v4
Paris elec bus fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-yN8SugWM
Yep, we are going to put children on these......
Lowest bidder, what could go wrong? Back in the lae 1970’s Grumman, the aircraft company was the lowest bidder to build transit buses. Long story short, NYC pulled the entire fleet because they were thinking about saving weight and made things thinner causing frames to crack while driving down the road. Minor detail.
Oversized electric golf kart fanbois hardest hit.
That F150 would have been teh fastar.
“ I saw one of those at a local Ford Dealer a couple weeks ago. The sticker price was $99,000.”
When the batteries go south, it’s basically worth its weight in scrap metal.
Who in their right mind would buy an electric truck?
A start.
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