Ford Motor

Ford Motor has added a third production shift [blank] its Michigan plant that produces the electric F-150 lightning as it looks to boost output. The addition of the third shift comes as the automaker is expanding the newly built facility to hit a top capacity of 150,000 units by next fall. Ford is [blank] track to hit that previously announced production milestone, Corey Williams, plant manager at the Dearborn Truck Plant and Rouge Electric Vehicle Centre, said during a tour of the facility Tuesday. The third shift was added [blank] November, bumping up the electric truck plant's employment from 500 to roughly 750 people. The plant now runs three rotating crews [blank] workers on 10-hour shifts seven days a week, Williams said, maintaining a high level of production even as construction workers scramble to complete an expansion of the facility. "That's how we're doing this fast. "We're building a product [blank] building out the factory," Williams said.