Go Woke Go Broke! Ford Forced to Cancel EV Orders Over “Quality Control”
Recently, Ford Motor Company faced quality control issues affecting all dealer stock orders of the Ford F-150 Lightning, the all-electric version of its top-selling pickup truck. Reportedly, the automaker has had to cancel all stock orders of the truck.
According to Ford spokesman Marty Gunsberg, the F-150 Lightnings are being returned to Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to undergo “additional quality checks” before returning to the market. “As a result, we have canceled some dealer stock orders not submitted as pre-sold” for model year 2023, Gunsberg explained to the Detroit Free Press.
“Our manufacturing team is critical to our quality efforts because they are the last line of defense for delivery to our customers,” he continued. “We’ve identified a couple of additional areas where we believe additional checks are necessary as we ramp up production.”
Ford reached out to Jalopnik with an official statement regarding the canceling of the ’23 model year dealer stock orders for the Lightning. The company claims the cancellations are due to changes in the model year to allow dealers to order the following year’s model.
“As we ramp production of the F-150 Lightning, we are conducting additional quality checks at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center which has delayed MY23 deliveries. We are now working to match MY23 supply with demand as we prepare to change over to the MY24 model announced today. As a result, we have canceled some dealer stock orders not submitted as pre-sold for MY23 so dealers have the opportunity to order MY24 stock,” Ford said.
