Ford Motor Co. shows a brand new 2021 Ford F-150 pickup truck on the Rouge Complicated in Dearborn, Michigan, September 17, 2020.
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DETROIT – Ford Motor is as soon as once more chopping manufacturing of its F-150 pickup truck and different extremely worthwhile automobiles because of the ongoing international scarcity of semiconductor chips.
The automaker knowledgeable workers Wednesday of the cuts, which additionally influence manufacturing of its bigger Tremendous Obligation pickups and Expedition SUV.
“Our groups are profiting from our out there semiconductor allocation, discovering distinctive options to supply as many high-quality automobiles as potential to our sellers and clients,” Ford vice chairman of producing and labor affairs John Savona mentioned in an inside memo to workers obtained by CNBC.
Most notably, the brand new manufacturing cuts embrace extending downtime at Ford’s Kansas Metropolis Meeting plant for the F-150 by way of the week of Sept. 6. Pickup truck manufacturing there was down since final week because of the components scarcity.
Ford’s different U.S. plant that produces the F-150 additionally will solely run on considered one of three shifts subsequent week – the identical quantity as this week for the Michigan plant.
Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant, which builds Tremendous Obligation pickups alongside Expedition and Navigator SUVs, can even lower a shift the weeks of Sept. 6 and Sept. 13.
A Ford spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday the cuts that have been outlined within the memo.
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