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By Joey Klender
Posted on March 28, 2024

Ford is cutting its F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds as the company continues to try and ramp manufacturing of electric vehicles and work toward profitability.

According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, Ford confirmed on Wednesday that it would either reassign or allow workers at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, or REV-C, to take a $50,000 retirement package.

The remaining third of workers will remain on-site. This amounts to 700 production employees. The other 1,400 will either be transferred to Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, where the Bronco and Ranger are built or will take the retirement package that was agreed to during last year’s intense union negotiations.

The Michigan Assembly plant is getting a third shift as Ford continues to lean on gas vehicle sales to bolster its finances. Ford continues to struggle to sell its EV models, but its ICE pickups, SUVs, and cars are keeping the company healthy.

These reductions in staffing will not result in job losses, a Ford spokesperson told the publication.

F-150 Lightning production was slashed late last year as Ford continued to weigh what a proper and strategic output of its EV pickup would be. The automaker then paused shipments of the F-150 Lightning in February, opting to prioritize gas F-150 output and deliveries. The new F-150 Lightning units were held for a quality review."

Just shut it down.

Nobody wants that crap.

That shit is all Biden's bowing down to China because they paid him.

Good. All these green communism syncophants need to learn  about how free market forces work.