WASHINGTON—Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will restart production of its F-150 Lightning on March 13 after it halted output of the electric truck after a battery fire in early February.
Ford has not set a date for resuming deliveries. The U.S. automaker said as it “ramps up production, we will continue holding already-produced vehicles while we work through engineering and parts updates.”
Ford said the production restart date allows time for SK On, the automotive battery unit of SK Innovation , battery cells to be built into battery arrays and packs delivered to the Lightning production line. Ford said an EV truck caught fire Feb. 4 during a pre-delivery quality inspection in a company holding lot in Dearborn, Michigan, and spread to two other trucks. The automaker halted production the next day….