An F-150 Lightning sitting in a holding lot on firm property caught fireplace earlier this month, resulting in Ford halting manufacturing on the Rouge Electrical Car Heart and issuing a cease cargo order till the reason for the battery fireplace has been recognized.
Based on The Detroit Bureau, Ford is “holding (each manufacturing and cargo) of automobiles” whereas it investigates the problem, though gross sales are nonetheless open, and no motion is being taken for any of the Lightnings which have already been delivered, as Ford mentioned it was “not aware of any incidences of this issue in the field.”
The battery difficulty was discovered “in a pre-delivery high quality test,” and Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg commented on the incident by saying, “We imagine we have now recognized the foundation reason behind this difficulty. By the top of subsequent week, we anticipate to conclude our investigation and apply what we study to the truck’s battery manufacturing course of; this might take just a few weeks.”
Based on the Wall Street Journal, Ford says, “We’ve got no purpose to imagine F-150 Lightnings already in prospects’ fingers are affected by this difficulty.”
The batteries within the F-150 Lightning come from SK ON as a part of Ford’s three way partnership BlueOvalSK, nevertheless it’s too quickly to inform whether or not it’s a problem in battery manufacturing or a problem associated to the manufacture of the automobile, and as of this writing, no different incidents of battery fires have been reported.
