Ford starts F-150 Lightning production

The production line of the new F-150 Lightning electric pick-up started at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, a high-tech center within the Historic Rouge Complex of Ford.

The evolution of this emblematic pick up has generated great expectation, is considered the most intelligent and innovative that Ford has ever built and also represents the transformation of the brand towards electric vehicles.

The Ford series has been the best -selling pick up in the United States for 45 years in a row And now it has been announced that it will be sold at an initial price of less than $ 40,000.

They all want it!

With this Model Ford has registered an unprecedented demand, Record 200,000 reservations at the time. To meet the needs of the market, the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center is expanding to increase production at a planned annual rate of 150,000 in 2023.

With an investment of $ 950 million, Ford has created 750 jobs at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. Ford’s investment in Michigan only for F-150 Lightning already has more than $ 1,000 million with 1,700 jobs created recently distributed among five Ford plants in the state, including the Van Dyke Electric Powertrain Center, where lightning electric motors and electric transejes are assembled; and Rawsonville Component plant, where lighting batteries are assembled.

Ford plans to deliver more than 2 million electric vehicles annually by 2026, which is equivalent to approximately one third of the company’s global volume, with a 50% objective by 2030.

The most advanced plant

The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center is a portent of technology. It is the first Ford plant without traditional floor conveyor lines and instead uses guided autonomous robotic vehicles to move F-150 Lightning trucks from one work station to another on the plant.

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The plant also uses cobots, or collaborative robots, which work side by side with people without the need for safety cages. These cobots help with tasks that would be ergonomically challenging for employees, at the same time that they keep them safe.

F-150 is revolutionizing electrification

The F-150 Lightning, together with its home integration system, can feed a house during a blackout for three days and, over time, you can return the energy to the network. You can also load other electric vehicles so that no one stands.

Esta pick up accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in a range of 4 seconds, which makes it the fthe most rapid acceleration F-150 so far. Thanks to the technology it has, it guarantees a driving and management experience that the drivers of this segment do not usually feel. In addition, it has the greatest capacity of torque of any F-150, with 775 pounds-pie and, because it makes it almost instantaneous, it offers an effortless trailer.