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Ford Refresh95, which are certified cabin air filters, will be rolled out to select Ford vehicles, including the Bronco Sport, Escape, Explorer, Mustang Mach-E, Police Interceptor Utility and Maverick by the end of the year.

Nearly 775,000 Ford Explorer SUVs from the model years 2013-2017 are covered under one recall.

Ford may begin shipping vehicles to dealers without all of the required semiconductor chips, which will be installed at the showrooms, Automotive News reports. The automaker is considering several options to address the shortage of chips currently strangling production.

Ford is offering to pay 450 Australian Mustang Mach 1 buyers $4,040 each after an error was discovered in the marketing materials for the vehicle that promised features it doesn't have.

The Ford F-Series finished the second quarter third in sales behind Ram and Chevrolet as production was negatively impacted by the ongoing semiconductor shortage.

Businesses spent $1.74 trillion on mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies during the first six months of the year—the highest amount in more than four decades—as finance chiefs tapped into cheap funding options to acquire technologies, services and other assets.

Ford reported a 26.9% drop in June sales as it deals with inventory issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A semiconductor shortage is the main problem it faces.

Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Ford CEO Jim Farley to consider opening an automobile plant in Austria during a climate conference he was hosting in Vienna on Thursday.

Ford will idle eight factories for several weeks in July and August due to the ongoing semiconductor shortage.

Ford will supply powertrains to Oshkosh Defense for use in the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle it is developing for the U.S. Postal Service. The trucks will be offered in all-electric and internal combustion engine-powered versions.

Ford received 36,000 reservations for it's new Maverick compact pickup in the first week the books were open. The crossover-based hybrid goes on sale this fall.

Ford's CEO Jim Farley says customer orders are rolling in and that means future profits will be higher than expected.

The recall impacts 17,616 vehicles in the U.S. and federal territories, 1,779 vehicles in Canada and 231 vehicles in Mexico.

Production of the 2021 Ford Bronco is underway in Michigan as the first shipments to dealers begin. Ford says it has 125,000 orders for the much-anticipated SUV.

Ford's reservations for the all-electric pickup, which will officially open this fall, only require a $100 refundable deposit.

Ford is targeting non-traditional truck buyers with its new compact Maverick pickup. The crossover pickup comes with a standard hybrid powertrain for $21,490.

More than 10,300 electric vehicles were sold last month, with the F-150 PowerBoost and Escape providing the largest boost, the automaker said.

Ford is offering a $1,000 incentive to customers who custom order their vehicles due to delays caused by the semiconductor chip shortage hitting the auto industry. The top-selling F-150 is included in the program.

Strong sales of Ford's F-150 Lightning may serve as a positive barometer for the automaker's major push into electric vehicles.

A crowdsourced tally says that the number of reservations for the Tesla Cybertruck is now over one million. The electric pickup is scheduled to enter production by the end of 2021.