Ford has confirmed plans to transfer 800 factory employees from its Dearborn Truck Plant to the nearby Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in the coming months in order to build more F-150 Lightning pickup trucks. Per the Detroit Free Press, demand for the all-electric truck remains high so the Blue Oval has decided it needs the extra manpower in addition to the 300 new hourly employees that’ll soon be hired for the Rouge facility. The era of the BEV truck is in full swing.
“With the new staffing plan, Ford will have about 1,800 employees building the F-150 Lightning on three crews. At the same time, we’ll build gas-powered F-150s with 2,600 employees on two shifts at Dearborn Truck Plant and 2,800 people on three crews at the Kansas City Assembly Plant,” a Ford spokesperson said. “This will give Ford maximum overall production and flexibility to meet high demand for America’s best-selling truck, gas and electric.”
