Company ford will stop production of its pickups F-150 Lightning For six weeks, from November 18 to January 6, 2025.

“We continue to adjust production for the optimal combination of sales growth and profitability,” a Ford representative said.

Company ford It is scaling back its electric car plans, saying in August it was canceling plans to develop a three-row electric SUV and delaying the new electric version of its best-selling pickup truck F-150. Instead, the company has invested more in hybrid cars that include an electric motor and a gasoline engine.

company this month ford Ford reported that electric vehicle sales under its brand increased by 45 percent in the United States this year. F-150 Lightning It more than doubled in three months to 7,100. Yet they only account for 3.6% of all F-series pickup sales.

The company reduced production in April F-150 Lightning It was reduced to a single shift after announcing in October 2023 that it would temporarily cut one in three shifts at its Michigan plant.

CEO Jim Farley said one of the main solutions to the slowdown in electric vehicle sales is to reduce production costs. That’s an important goal for the future health of the company, which is expected to lose nearly $5 billion from electric cars this year alone.