{"id":1959873,"date":"2023-06-28T21:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T01:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-about-fords-f-150-lightning-causing-customers-to-cancel-orders-im-out-2\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T21:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T01:10:10","slug":"news-about-fords-f-150-lightning-causing-customers-to-cancel-orders-im-out-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-about-fords-f-150-lightning-causing-customers-to-cancel-orders-im-out-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford&#8217;s F-150 Lightning news prompts order cancellations: &#8216;I&#8217;m done&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnews-about-fords-f-150-lightning-causing-customers-to-cancel-orders-im-out-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1959873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ford&#8217;s EV Division Faces Setbacks as F-150 Lightning Purchase Cancellations Increase<\/h2>\n<p>It seems that Ford&#8217;s EV division is encountering some significant challenges. According to a recent projection for investors, the subsidiary is expected to incur losses of nearly $3 billion by the end of the year. However, Ford&#8217;s finance chief, John Lawler, downplays these losses, considering them as part of the cost of doing business for the EV division, which he describes as a startup within the company.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there is growing concern among company management due to a recent surge in F-150 Lightning purchase cancellations. A Ford dealership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/100-year-old-veteran-who-raised-millions-walking-for-health-workers-dies-of-covid-19\/\" title=\"100-Year-Old Veteran Who Raised Millions Walking For Health Workers Dies Of COVID-19\">sales manager<\/a> reveals that buyers&#8217; confidence in the vehicle has been diminishing in recent weeks, primarily due to price increases.<\/p>\n<p>The original price of the vehicle, announced in 2021, was $39,975. However, the current price stands at $59,974, a staggering $20,000 more than initially promised by Ford. This price hike has led many customers to cancel their orders.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-about-fords-f-150-lightning-causing-customers-to-cancel-orders-im-out\/\" title=\"Ford's F-150 Lightning news prompts order cancellations: 'I'm done'\">dealership sales manager explains<\/a>, &#8220;Ford advertised a $40,000 electric vehicle, and that attracted a lot of people. Now we&#8217;ve seen price increases, and those people are like, &#8216;I&#8217;m out.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 135 preorders overseen by the sales manager, 40 have been canceled. Social media posts from months ago also indicate that customers have been canceling their F-150 Lightning reservations for some time now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First world problem, but I had to cancel my F-150 Lightning reservation due to massive (and I mean MASSIVE) price hikes and lack of heat pump on the battery. &#8220;Oh, you lose half your range when it&#8217;s cold outside!&#8221; Way to botch it, Mr. Ford. Maybe next time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3j7xcrHzpo\">pic.twitter.com\/3j7xcrHzpo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rawrb (@rawrb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawrb\/status\/1641830120745738240?\">March 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;First world problem, but I had to cancel my F-150 Lightning reservation due to massive (and I mean MASSIVE) price hikes&#8230; Way to botch it, Mr. Ford,&#8221; one Twitter user expressed in late March.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height: 500px\" data-embed-height=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/BoltEV\/comments\/12710e4\/dropping_my_ford_lightning_reservation\/\">Dropping my Ford lightning reservation<\/a><br \/>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/queens_level_3\">u\/queens_level_3<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/BoltEV\/\">BoltEV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Lightning was my real dream car, especially at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-about-fords-f-150-lightning-causing-customers-to-cancel-orders-im-out-2\/\" title=\"Ford's F-150 Lightning news prompts order cancellations: 'I'm done'\">original advertised bar price<\/a> of 39k. Today they finally offered me the chance to place an order against my reservation from 2021. Lowest model available starts at 63k! You&#8217;ve got to be kidding me&#8230;&#8221; another former Ford customer shared on Reddit.<\/p>\n<p>These cancellations and negative feedback highlight the challenges Ford&#8217;s EV division is currently facing. It remains to be seen how the company will address these setbacks and regain customer trust.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news-fords-f-150-lightning-causing-customers-cancel-orders\/\">News About Ford&#8217;s F-150 Lightning Causing Customers to Cancel Orders: &#8216;I&#8217;m Out&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>necessary investment in the future of Ford. Despite the setbacks, Lawler remains optimistic about the long-term potential of the EV division and believes the losses are a part of the expected expenses for establishing a strong presence in the electric vehicle market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2093,"featured_media":1959874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}