Ford has introduced it’s boosting manufacturing of its EVs at manufacturing crops throughout North America to satisfy robust buyer demand.

The automaker will produce extra Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning and E-Transit electrical automobiles at its crops in Cuautitlan (Mexico), Detroit and Kansas Metropolis as Ford electrical car gross sales are up 68 p.c by means of February. 

In Mexico, Ford has begun rising manufacturing of the Mustang Mach-E this week, with the modifications made on the plant permitting the carmaker to just about double its hourly manufacturing and attain the focused annual manufacturing run price of 210,000 models by years’ finish.

The Mustang Mach-E helped Ford rank second in US EV gross sales final 12 months, and is bringing new clients to the model – greater than two-thirds of consumers come from different makes.

In Michigan, Ford is on observe to triple manufacturing of the F-150 Lightning on the Rouge Electrical Automobile Heart this 12 months, focusing on an annual manufacturing run price of 150,000 by the top of 2023.

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The F-150 Lightning is the best-selling electrical pickup truck within the US, with 15,617 gross sales recorded in 2022 and three,600 within the first two months of this 12 months. After a manufacturing halt attributable to a battery subject detected by provider SK, Ford will resume F-150 Lightning manufacturing on March 13. 

The automaker is investing $2 billion throughout three crops in Michigan for the F-150 Lightning manufacturing enhance, including 3,200 jobs within the course of.

Ford can also be including a further crew in April at its Kansas Metropolis Meeting Plant, which manufactures the E-Transit van, America’s best-selling electrical van in 2022. The automaker is focusing on an annual manufacturing enhance of 38,000 automobiles (E-Transit and Transit mixed) and is investing $95 million and including 1,100 jobs as a part of the manufacturing enhance.

“We’ve had a robust begin to 2023 gross sales and we’re shifting to fast-track high quality manufacturing. Growing manufacturing advantages each our clients and our enterprise.”

Kumar Galhotra, president, Ford Blue

Along with electrical automobiles, Ford can also be rising manufacturing of the Bronco Sport, Maverick, and F-150 – each gasoline and PowerBoost hybrid variants.