Temporarily production stopped - ICE Mustang

[Teraquad]

Not sure if this is going to become a theme..

https://autos.yahoo.com/ford-mustang-production-officially-halt-213000592.html

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[ChasingCoral]

Not sure if this is going to become a theme..

https://autos.yahoo.com/ford-mustang-production-officially-halt-213000592.html

Unfortunately it is already a theme. Lots of plant closures.

 

[BDC]

Not sure if this is going to become a theme..

https://autos.yahoo.com/ford-mustang-production-officially-halt-213000592.html

I think this is just the ICE Mustang, not the Mach-E. Of course, the same certainly applies to the Mach-E, but I wonder if they will try to keep that production going. Sacrificing the Mach-E won't make a huge dent in sales of Ford other vehicles. They sell almost 1 million F-150s a year, routing chips from the Mach-E to the F-150 won't make a dent in the backlog (assuming they can even do that), but it will cause an important and highly visible launch to stumble. Unless they just can't get any chips they need, in which case not much they can do.

 

[generaltso]

Since this article is about the ICE Mustang and is posted in the general MME thread, it would probably be a good idea to add “for ICE Mustang” to the title to prevent confusion or heart attacks.

 

[Teraquad]

Corrected the title there... Considering that this is due to shortage of semiconductors, doesn't Mach E use more of them then ICE?

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

So far, the MME plant has avoided outright shutdowns due to the worldwide chip shortage. There have been slowdowns, some lengthy (the 1/24/2021 build week went through Mid February for example) but they haven't had any temporary furloughs. Yet.

 

[Teraquad]

That is the thing... They are saying that there is an issue with semidonductors but doesn't that mean that there is a bigger problem making Mach E then any other car? Considering the amount of electronics involved.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

That is the thing... They are saying that there is an issue with semidonductors but doesn't that mean that there is a bigger problem making Mach E then any other car? Considering the amount of electronics involved.

Mach-e production was planned to be rather limited this year, even before the chip shortage reared its ugly head. Ford ordered enough for the planned cars (but not enough for the now rather obvious demand imo). So as long as there aren't additional shortages, they should be fine, even if delayed a bit.

 

[Teraquad]

Do we know what the backlog so far is? How long are people waiting for their cars since orders are placed?

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