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As most of the world celebrates Earth Day this week in April, effective climate change has only become more necessary. Ford is honored to be recognized as the automotive industry leader for environmental impact in the 2022 Rankings of America’s Most Just Companies.
The surge of drivers owning four-wheel drive vehicles has continued to grow, and Ford’s 4×4 sales keeps growing along with it. Not just that, but Ford significantly outperformed their strongest competitors last year, a detail that the company has thematically revealed today, on April 4th – what they’re calling “4×4 Day.”
Recently, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety revealed which vehicles earned its top safety awards honors. Ford had seven vehicles among the list of 2022 IIHS Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ award-winners, with world-renowned models like the Explorer and Bronco Sport.
The Ford Motor Company established a partnership with Salesforce with plans for launching a field service tool for businesses to clarify it as something distinct from the company’s new Ford Pro commercial unit. The new field service tool, Viizr, is intended to offer business owners with software to handle everything, like digitizing work paperwork and documentation and even organizing, dispatching, and helping to manage field technicians.
Along with many automotive manufacturers, Ford is bringing a wide range of concept vehicles to the yearly SEMA show on November 2-5 to show off their models’ aftermarket customizability and value. A recent Ford press release stated that no more than 40 modified vehicles will be shown, but for this year’s event the highlight seems to be on the brand-new 2022 Maverick compact pickup truck and the sleek Mustang Mach-E electric crossover.
The Ford Explorer is a powerful, robust midsize SUV with a lot to offer. It makes a great family vehicle with three rows and room for up to seven passengers. The power and handling also mean it is surprisingly fun to drive for such a large SUV. If you are in the market for a new SUV with three rows, take a look at the new Ford Explorer.
The fate of concept cars can sometimes be mysterious, as many tend to disappear altogether if they don’t remain in the collection of the automaker who sanctioned them. That said, the 2004 Shelby Cobra Concept is a bit of an outlier.
Earlier this month, as part of Ford’s commitment to strengthen local communities across the U.S., the Blue Oval brand announced that they were joining forces with food-providing nonprofits Health in the Hood and World Central Kitchen in order to deliver 5,000 healthy, fresh, pre-prepared meals to needy families throughout Miami-Dade County.
The 2021 Ford Ranger is already about as versatile as it gets, but now, our friends across the pond are in for their own kind of Built Tough adventure gear!
Hot off the wheels of the new Ford Ranger Black, which has recently been revealed in Brazil, Ford has recently introduced two new limited edition Ranger models in Europe. They are known as the Ford Ranger Stormtrak and Ford Ranger Wolftrak, respectively.