Ford Motor Co. shows a new Ford F-150 2021 van at the Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, on September 17, 2020.
Rebecca Cook | Reuters
DETROIT: Ford Motor is once again cutting production from its F-150 pickup truck and other highly profitable vehicles due to the global shortage of semiconductor chips.
The automaker reported employees on Wednesday of the cuts, which also affect production of its large Super Duty and Expedition SUV pickups.
“Our teams make the most of our available semiconductor assignment, finding unique solutions to provide as many high-quality vehicles as possible to our dealers and customers,” said John Savona, Ford’s vice president of manufacturing and labor, in an internal note to employees obtained by CNBC.
Most notably, the new production cuts include extending downtime at Ford’s Kansas City assembly plant for the F-150 during the week of Sept. 6.
Ford’s other U.S. plant producing the F-150 will also only operate in one of three shifts next week, the same amount as this week for the Michigan plant.
Ford’s Kentucky truck plant, which builds Super Duty vans alongside the Expedition and Navigator SUVs, will also reduce a shift in the weeks of Sept. 6-13.
A Ford spokeswoman on Wednesday confirmed the cuts outlined in the note.