The Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck may end up as a flash in the pan rather than the company's next Model T, as it was once billed.

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Sources have told The Wall Street Journal Ford executives are reportedly considering axing F-150 Lightning due to slow sales and heavy losses.

Production of the F-150 Lightning has been paused indefinitely since mid-October after a fire at an aluminium factory in upstate New York.

Unlike other full-size utes, the F-150's body is made from aluminium, and with one of Ford's key suppliers now offli

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