Spied: F-150 Lightning Trucks Stored on Dearborn Track After Production

[vandy1981]

I've got plenty of secure storage space in my driveway to donate to the cause. DM me Ford!

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[Pioneer74]

This has nothing to do with commodity issues. This is the normal "batch and hold" process of launching a new model. They are just waiting to be shipped.

 

[yed19]

Could be worse...

 

[illusion86]

Let me completely purchase it online and I’ll fly up there and drive it home and take out the need for transportation or shipping…. I can fly first class and save money on the destination fee lol

 

[Dadalorian13]

Let me completely purchase it online and I’ll fly up there and drive it home and take out the need for transportation or shipping…. I can fly first class and save money on the destination fee lol

Same here! I’ve been constantly tweeting at Ford to let me come pick mine up and road trip it home! Haha

 

[sotek2345]

Same here! I’ve been constantly tweeting at Ford to let me come pick mine up and road trip it home! Haha

Right with you. I even submitted it as a suggestion to Ford Ideas, but it was rejected. Heck, I don't even mind paying the destination fee and letting Ford pocket it if they let me pick up at the factory - would be a heck of a memory.

We are planning a family weekend to Dearborn in august to visit the Ford museum - would be a perfect time! (hint hint Ford!)

 

[vbaker4444]

My guess is that it's all staging for transport as it's been communicated to the press that Ford is prioritizing the Lightning launch. I wish I had the snap to upload here, but my buddy spotted a start white platinum on the back of a hauler on i94 near Kalamazoo. This truck is definitely getting out there and I expect to hear about customer deliveries within the next week or so.

 

[Vorador]

There is no way that the trucks are waiting for parts. Ford would have made sure to secure enough chips to pump out 2022 model year. They are just waiting for trucks to pick them up and take them to the train yard.

 

[gorwell]

Nostradamus, I mean, Pioneer74's already commented here, but here is his Post from Feb. 2022

I doubt the first units go into storage waiting for chips, but the first units will be produced under the "Batch and Hold" system. Units will be built and held until a second and/or third quality check is performed. They also won't be shipped until "OKTB" or "OK To Buy" is produced. That could take weeks.

I predict the people with the earliest build dates will be annoyed with the delay in the deliveries of their trucks.

For those curious, "Batch and Hold" system means just extra quality checks as Pioneer74's comment notes, Ford does this with most (all?) new builds.

Ford has been doing this for a while, found an article from 2003 that references it:

Reynolds points to last year's launch of the redesigned Ford Expedition and the 2001 rollout of the new Ford Thunderbird as examples of seamless ramp-ups. They featured a “batch-and-hold” sequence that helped sort out problems before the vehicles were delivered, he says.

 

[yed19]

Let me completely purchase it online and I’ll fly up there and drive it home and take out the need for transportation or shipping…. I can fly first class and save money on the destination fee lol

I believe the great Johnny Cash wrote a little something about this... " And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there Red Ryder. You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up, it's cheaper that way"

 

[beatle]

Right with you. I even submitted it as a suggestion to Ford Ideas, but it was rejected. Heck, I don't even mind paying the destination fee and letting Ford pocket it if they let me pick up at the factory - would be a heck of a memory.

We are planning a family weekend to Dearborn in august to visit the Ford museum - would be a perfect time! (hint hint Ford!)

That's what I did when I bought my Tesla. The car was used and located in Chicago. It was $1k to ship it to my door, but instead I opted to fly out for $200 and split the return trip into two days. I spent another $120 or so on a hotel on the drive back (with a destination charger!) It was a great way to get to know the car and it is still one of my favorite road trips, despite a big chunk of it just being a straight shot across the middle of Indiana.

Unfortunately this can't happen with Ford (at least for the foreseeable future) since your local dealer needs to be involved in the delivery process to "add value."

 

[Pioneer74]

Let me completely purchase it online and I’ll fly up there and drive it home and take out the need for transportation or shipping…. I can fly first class and save money on the destination fee lol

If they won't let me drive mine home from work, they certainly won't let you come and pick it up. And it definitely wouldn't happen for free.

 

[illusion86]

If they won't let me drive mine home from work, they certainly won't let you come and pick it up. And it definitely wouldn't happen for free.

You have to purchase from a dealership as an employee?

 

[Pioneer74]

You have to purchase from a dealership as an employee?

Absolutely. No way around it.

 

[robert5090]

As a dealer you dont have anyone to contact at plant. Even if you did they dont have time to pick every truck for customers to pickup. They will all get shipped the same way.

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