A nationwide product safety recall notice has been published on the Australian Government’s recall database for the Ford F-150 Lightning converted to right-hand drive by Queensland converter AUSEV, outlining an issue that could prevent it from being charged correctly.
However, AUSEV has gone into receivership, leaving questions as to how owners will be able to have their vehicles fixed.
The AUSEV website no longer loads, and when CarExpert sent an email to its info email address, we received a bounce-back. And a call to the company’s phone number – 1300 911 294 – was automatically forwarded to voicemail.
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“Vehicles that are fitted with a Combined Charging System (CCS2) charge port may experience increased electrical resistance during high-power Direct Current (DC) fast charging causing the internal charging pins to overheat,” the recall notice reads.
“Please avoid charging the vehicle using DC fast chargers. Use AC (Alternating Current) charging instead.
“If a person makes direct contact with the overheated charge port pins immediately after a charging session, there is a risk of burns or serious injury.”
- A total of 146 vehicles are affected, produced between 2022 and 2025
- The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) list is attached here
- The original recall notice is attached here
The recall notice says “owners of affected vehicles will be contacted in writing requesting they make an appointment at their preferred AUSEV dealership to have their vehicle inspected and rectified, free of charge”.
It’s unclear, however, where this recall work can be carried out.
AUSEV parent company BossCap confirmed on March 17, 2026 that it had gone into receivership.
It’s understood around 100 employees were affected.
AUSEV was a subsidiary of BossCap, best known for importing electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickups manufactured in the US and converting them to right-hand drive in the Brisbane suburb of Brendale. It claimed Brisbane Airport and BHP were among its customers.
BossCap blamed its collapse on Ford’s discontinuation of the electric F-150 Lightning, announced in December 2025, which “significantly disrupted the company’s forward pipeline”.
It had already pivoted away from right-hand drive conversions of combustion-powered vehicles like the Ram 1500, ending local conversions of non-EVs in 2024.
While both Ford and Ram have factory-backed Australian right-hand drive remanufacturing operations here, these have produced only combustion-powered pickups.
That had left an opening for conversion firms like AUSEV. While there’s a raft of large electric pickups available in the US, from the Lightning to the Tesla Cybertruck and three separate models from General Motors, the largest electric utes available here have been the LDV eT60 and KGM Musso EV.