Factory tour yesterday @ Rouge F150 Lightning Assembly Line

[HOTAS]

I had a long layover in DTW yesterday, so we Uber’d over to the Rouge F150 Assembly Line. It’s impressive to see the trucks get built. Engine and frames come together with cabs, windshields and rear windows done by robot arms, doors here, bed boxes there. From above and below, left and right, the parts conveyer merge together into a finished truck.
Some workers even take their lunch break inside the cab of the truck. So if you find a pizza crust or chicken bone under the carpet, you’ll know where it came from. Lol.
1200 worker, 2 shifts, 600 trucks a shift !
But, that’s just the gas/hybrid trucks.
Unfortunatley, (and maybe fortunately for us buyers! )
The EV Lightning is a completely separate assembly line from the gas truck.
Almost fully automated with robot and smart dollys, the Lightning has only one shift now, with 126 workers. They produce 125 Lightnings a shift.

 

[Maineiac12]

This is cool! Was it easy to get in on short notice for the tour?

 

[HOTAS]

Yes. Available most everyday the plant is not idled.
Tickets and bus ride from the Henry Ford museum every 20 min.
Rather impressive to see the trucks being built, and worth the 90 minutes.
Disclaimer: The Lightning facility is NOT part of the F150 tour, since it’s a different building.

 

[Maineiac12]

Yes. Available most everyday the plant is not idled.
Tickets and bus ride from the Henry Ford museum every 20 min.
Disclaimer: The Lightning facility is NOT part of the F150 tour, since it’s a different building.

So there’s a separate tour of the Rouge plant for the Lightning? I assume so because you’ve got pictures.

 

[bmwhitetx]

We did the F-150 tour a couple years ago but we were limited to the overhead walkways looking down and no pictures were allowed. Are they letting you on the floor now and allowing pictures?

Agree it was amazing to see. My wife even enjoyed it a lot.

 

[HOTAS]

So there’s a separate tour of the Rouge plant for the Lightning? I assume so because you’ve got pictures.

No, no way to see the Lightning stuff in person. They just have a video running.
As said above, no video on the assembly line tour.

 

[bmwhitetx]

No, no way to see the Lightning stuff in person. They just have a video running.
As said above, no video on the assembly line tour.

D'oh, yeah, I can see now that all your pictures except the last are from a TV!

 

[MountainAlive]

No, no way to see the Lightning stuff in person. They just have a video running.
As said above, no video on the assembly line tour.

Oh bummer. I was hoping we could see the assembly line in action in person.

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