2024 Ford F-150 PowerBoost Platinum hybrid
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DETROIT — Ford Motor plans to double production of a hybrid version of its F-150 pickup truck as the company grapples with slower-than-expected sales of its all-electric vehicles.
Ford expects to increase sales of the V-6 hybrid model during the 2024 model year to roughly 20% in the U.S. The automaker declined to release specific production figures, but it likely equates to tens of thousands more of the hybrid vehicles.
Achieving that production target may be more difficult than usual, as Ford and its crosstown rivals face a potential strike by the United Auto Workers later this week that could shutter some or all of their U.S. factories. Ford, General Motors and Stellantis must achieve separate deals with the UAW for 146,000 autoworkers by 11:59 p.m. Thursday to ford-to-increase-f-150-hybrid-pickup-production-twofold-amidst-decelerating-ev-sales-growth.html” title=”Ford to increase F-150 hybrid pickup production twofold amidst decelerating EV sales growth”>avoid potential work stoppages.
The hybrid plans follow Ford CEO Jim Farley saying in late July that the Detroit automaker would quadruple the company’s production of…
2023-09-12 19:15:01
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