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Winter storm forces Ford to shut North American plants

Freezing weather that interrupted gas supplies in the southern United States and Mexico was wreaking havoc on Thursday with car manufacturing plants on both sides of the border, with Ford saying several of its assembly plants have been shut.

Ford F-150 production hit by chip shortage

Ford will cut the number of shifts at the factories that produce its best-selling F-Series trucks for one week due to the global semiconductor chip shortage affecting the auto industry.