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A fire at a Novelis aluminum plant in New York is causing an aluminum shortage for Ford Motor Co.

Ford has paused production on its all-electric Lightning and large SUVs, with potential for more vehicle lines to be affected.

Experts predict the issue will be prolonged as the damaged plant may not resume operations until the first quarter of next year.

A late-night fire that destroyed part of the Novelis aluminum plant in New York last month could cost Ford Motor Co. more than $1 billion in lost profits and lead to temporary plant layoffs, as some experts predict the automaker will be forced to pause production on more vehicles than it already has done.

Ford paused production of the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning and two of its large SUVs this week. The downtime

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