"The auto company said in a press release on Thursday that it will increase the production of its best-selling trucks, the F-150 and F-Series Super Duty series, by more than 50,000 units in 2026. "We are adding up to 1,000 new jobs to increase F-Series production to recover lost volume and fulfill strong customer demand," Ford's CEO, James Farley, said in a Thursday earnings call."
""F-150 Lightning assembly at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center will remain paused as Ford prioritizes gas and hybrid F-Series trucks, which are more profitable for Ford and use less aluminum," the press release said. It added that all hourly employees from Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, would be moved over to the Dearborn Truck Plant to work on boosting output for the F-150 trucks."
Ford will ramp F-150 and F-Series Super Duty production by more than 50,000 units in 2026. Ford will add up to 1,000 new jobs and reassign hourly employees from the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to the Dearborn Truck Plant to boost truck output. F-150 Lightning assembly at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center will remain paused as Ford prioritizes gas and hybrid F-Series trucks, which are more profitable and use less aluminum. The production increase also aims to recover losses from a September fire at Novelis' Oswego aluminum plant, which could cost Ford up to $2 billion in adjusted profits for Q4 2025. Third-quarter revenue was $50.5 billion, a 9% increase year over year, and the stock is up about 11.6% over the past year.
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