Ford F-150 Lightning
Ford's F-150 Lightning is one of the automaker's keystone EVs.
  • Ford is asking suppliers for cost-cutting ideas.
  • Ford and other major automakers still lose billions of dollars on EVs.
  • The auto industry is adjusting to a new wave of EV customers.

Ford sent a memo to its electric-vehicle parts suppliers this week asking them to help come up with ways to cut EV manufacturing costs.