This story has been updated with comments from Ford Motor Co.

Ford Motor Co. has temporarily paused some production at its largest plant where it produces large SUVs and its iconic truck line.

A fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in New York in September has caused the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville to temporarily halt production of its Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator large SUVs. An official at UAW Local 862, the union representing workers at Ford's two Louisville plants, confirmed the production pause.

The production of Expedition and Navigator are expected to be down "this week and possibly next week," the union leader told The Courier Journal. A definite timeframe of the plants paused production was not immediately available as the aluminum supply situation remains in fl

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