Chained Lightning: Ford Halts Deliveries of Electric F150 'Lightning'

[Bruze]

Ford has just disclosed why it halted production/delivery of the Lightning, its three-ton half-ton electric truck. One of them apparently went up in smoke during a “pre-delivery quality check.” No word as to whether the charred Lightning was moving when it caught fire.

Ford did issue a statement that it “has no reason to believe electric pick-ups already in use by customers are affected by the battery issue.”

The rest of the article: a battery fire.

[Bruze]

Radio interview with critic.

[TheHammer]

just a bad connection, needs some high end GM dielectric grease on the connections