Ford Motor Co. shows a brand new 2021 Ford F-150 pickup truck on the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, September 17, 2020.
Rebecca Cook | Reuters
DETROIT – Ford Motor is as soon as again chopping production of its F-150 pickup truck and different extremely worthwhile autos due to the continuing international shortage of semiconductor chips.
The automaker knowledgeable staff Wednesday of the cuts, which additionally influence production of its bigger Super Duty pickups and Expedition SUV.
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“Our groups are taking advantage of our obtainable semiconductor allocation, discovering distinctive options to present as many high-quality autos as potential to our sellers and prospects,” Ford vp of producing and labor affairs John Savona stated in an inner memo to staff obtained by CNBC.
Most notably, the brand new production cuts embrace extending downtime at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly plant for the F-150 by way of the week of Sept. 6. Pickup truck production there was down since final week due to the elements shortage.
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 Super Duty pickups alongside Expedition and Navigator SUVs, will even reduce a shift the weeks of Sept. 6 and Sept. 13.
A Ford spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday the cuts that have been outlined within the memo.
