Ford Motor said on Thursday it would retool a plant in Canada to produce large pickup trucks rather than the electric sport-utility vehicles it had previously planned to make there.
The Ford plant, in Oakville, Ontario, recently stopped making the gasoline-powered Ford Edge S.U.V., and was slated to shift to new electric versions of the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator, both three-row S.U.V.s.
Instead, Ford will turn the factory in Oakville into a third production location for its Super Duty pickup trucks, which are among its most profitable models.
Jim Farley, the chief executive of Ford, said the company’s two other Super Duty plants, in Kentucky and Ohio, were running at full capacity but couldn’t produce as many vehicles as its commercial customers wanted.
Super Duty trucks are typically used to haul heavy equipment and materials by building contractors, oil and gas companies and other businesses.
Persons:
General Motors, Ford, Jim Farley
Organizations:
Ford, General, Ford Edge, Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, Duty
Locations:
Canada, Oakville , Ontario, Oakville, Kentucky, Ohio