Ford Motor Co. is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles

Ford says the next generation of the F-150 Lightning pickup truck will transition to a range-extended EV powertrain.

Ford is ending production of the F-150 Lightning truck and pivoting to focus on manufacturing hybrid vehicles and smaller electric vehicles.

Ford is pulling its flagship electric pickup off the front line just as the industry is supposed to be racing toward a battery-powered future. By sidelining the all-electric F-150 Lightning and steering investment into hybrids,

The automaker is ending production of its electric pickup while planning a series-hybrid F-150 and a new low-cost EV platform. “The company is shifting to higher-return opportunities,” Ford says.

After years of bold EV promises, Ford is retreating from the F-150 Lightning and rewriting its electric future.

Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans.

Ford expects ~$19.5B in special items, mostly in Q4 2025, with the remainder across 2026–2027. Read more here.

Several months ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley said ending the nearly two-decade-long EV tax credit would halve America’s electric-vehicle market. Now his company is facing its own reality check. Ford said this week it would cease production for the original electric F-150 Lightning,