Lightning WAVE 2 Emails Coming 1/19 For Ordering on 1/20 – Per Ford Customer Service

[Hamtech]

My dealer just called and said I am not wave 2. He got 7 allocations in wave 2. I reserved 5/19 at 10:09 PM there are 22 people before me. Dealer said three people before me have already said they will not convert.

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[SmoothJ]

My dealer just called and said I am not wave 2. He got 7 allocations in wave 2. I reserved 5/19 at 10:09 PM there are 22 people before me. Dealer said three people before me have already said they will not covert.

Out of how many?

 

[Hamtech]

Out of how many?

321.

 

[Sklith]

If we were to average out the number of reservations each dealer claim to have we'd be looking at 500k+.

 

[SmoothJ]

I called my dealer, and finally I was able to talk to the sales representative. Apparently I am in Wave 2, and he said there will be no need for me to come in. He advised me not getting any power running boards due to the severe shortage of parts. Also, there would be "no need" for a buyers invoice since they never charge over MSRP, nor add-on any crazy fees - ever. In fact, he mentioned a dealer in NJ that already got in trouble with Ford since they did that with the Bronco.

 

[88notch]

If we were to average out the number of reservations each dealer claim to have we'd be looking at 500k+.

I don't understand why they can't make more than 20k units as a mechanical engineer. Economics say make at least 100 grand units . Didn't they make half a darn million mustangs in 1965?!?!?!. This is Ford king of assembly line . 20k units is a bad move will loose so much business to Chevy

 

[yed19]

I don't understand why they can't make more than 20k units as a mechanical engineer. Economics say make at least 100 grand units . Didn't they make half a darn million mustangs in 1965?!?!?!. This is Ford king of assembly line . 20k units is a bad move will loose so much business to Chevy

As been discussed, I think they would love to do that but battery capacity and chip shortages are the limiting factors. I also do think that the production style is different (sleds versus moving lines) in this factory than in the past which should actually lead to better quality and at some point the ability create a more automated line. It is new to them though.

 

[TheRealDlo]

I’m anxiously staring at my inbox now. I am assuming they’ll probably go out later in the day like Wave 1–but I just want to know!

Didn't LAST ordering period send emails Wednesday afternoon with Orders allowed on Thursday? That is what I am expecting. Emails later today, order tomorrow.

 

[TheRealDlo]

I don't understand why they can't make more than 20k units as a mechanical engineer. Economics say make at least 100 grand units . Didn't they make half a darn million mustangs in 1965?!?!?!. This is Ford king of assembly line . 20k units is a bad move will loose so much business to Chevy

Chevy isn't making anything yet so

 

[theblunden]

I don't understand why they can't make more than 20k units as a mechanical engineer. Economics say make at least 100 grand units . Didn't they make half a darn million mustangs in 1965?!?!?!. This is Ford king of assembly line . 20k units is a bad move will loose so much business to Chevy

If Ford can't get batteries or microchips they can't really pump out endless amounts of Lightnings. Ease up on losing business to Chevy seeing how they aren't making a Silverado EV for at least two years. Not to mention Silverado EV pricing hasn't been released either so there's that as well.

 

[jb56]

Didn't LAST ordering period send emails Wednesday afternoon with Orders allowed on Thursday? That is what I am expecting. Emails later today, order tomorrow.

According to many people on this forum two weeks ago, they ordered before they even got emails.
Fleet ordering started the day before retail ordering, but retail orders went live before the emails were even received.

 

[jb56]

If Ford can't get batteries or microchips they can't really pump out endless amounts of Lightnings. Ease up on losing business to Chevy seeing how they aren't making a Silverado EV for at least two years. Not to mention Silverado EV pricing hasn't been released either so there's that as well.

Ford has learned with the Mach-E and Bronco that in this era of COVID and supply chain issues, it can over promise and under deliver without much punishment from its customers.

 

[theblunden]

If Ford can't get batteries or microchips they can't really pump out endless amounts of Lightnings. Ease up on losing business to Chevy seeing how they aren't making a Silverado EV for at least two years. Not to mention Silverado EV pricing hasn't been released either so there's that as well.

Plus the First Edition Silverado is $105,000 for the equivalent of the Platinum at 90k-ish

 

[balucipher]

I don't understand why they can't make more than 20k units as a mechanical engineer. Economics say make at least 100 grand units . Didn't they make half a darn million mustangs in 1965?!?!?!. This is Ford king of assembly line . 20k units is a bad move will loose so much business to Chevy

main limitation is battery. Ford can churn out F150 bodies into the 100s of thousands but they are years behind Tesla etc in battery production. 2023 is around when the new SK plant opens and we'll see an uptick in production shortly after but until then its a trickle

 

[SmoothJ]

main limitation is battery. Ford can churn out F150 bodies into the 100s of thousands but they are years behind Tesla etc in battery production. 2023 is around when the new SK plant opens and we'll see an uptick in production shortly after but until then its a trickle

Yes, and that will be limiting factor - batteries. Now that companies realize they may have issues getting goods and technology from other countries, they need to make plans to source those goods/technology from the current country that they are in. Not to say that they won't still get these things from other places, this is a world economy after all.

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