Ford Moto Co. in Dearborn has started shipping all trims of its all-new Super Duty 2023 pickup line to customers.
The start of production follows a recent $700-million investment that added 500 jobs for Louisville-assembled products, including the Super Duty.
“The all-new 2023 Ford F-Series Super Duty is the tough-tested icon that our customers trust,” says Ted Cannis, CEO of Ford Pro. “It is the smartest and most capable truck we’ve ever built offering must-have towing tech, embedded 5G capability, over-the-air updates, plus an entire suite of available Ford Pro Intelligence solutions to help maximize uptime and accelerate productivity.”
Ford reports it assembles more vehicles in the U.S. and employs more hourly workers in America than any other automaker.
Approximately 11,000 UAW hourly workers — more than 9,000 at Kentucky Truck Plant and approximately 1,800 at Ohio Assembly Plant — assemble the Ford F-Series Super Duty.
Production-ready models underwent through real-world road testing with an emphasis on high mileage tests to meet the demands of Ford Pro commercial customers. Tripling the number of trucks used in trailer tow testing, and nearly quadrupling the count for Built Ford Tough durability testing provided additional quality data points compared to previous launches.
As Ford adopted a zero-defect launch process, it increased the number of quality checks during the assembly process. Once trucks roll off the line, every vehicle is driven 25 miles by a Ford employee as an additional quality check to help identify issues before delivery.
