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Taking part in this year's 2022 Rebelle Rally, Ford Motor scored the rally's first ever three-peat in the X-Cross class. Ford fielded three factory teams and there were other independents, as well, in the all-women's desert rally that covered 1,600 miles out west. This was the seventh edition.

Although it seems like a natural, a hybrid pickup truck isn't. Though hybrids offer a good combination of electric and standard internal-combustion, automakers with one exception -- Ford -- prefer standard ICE tech for their trucks. Ford has shown electric trucks work and its Maverick hybrid shows hybrid tech works for pickups, too.

For the seventh year, 110 women will take part in the 2022 1,600-mile Rebelle Rally that pits two-person teams against not only each other but some of the worst off-road trekking around.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has published a study showing that most partially automated vehicle users often treat their vehicles as fully automated drivers.

Rivian, perhaps the smallest of the major players in the electric vehicle market, had a tough end to last week as the electric vehicle manufacturer recalled its entire production run of 13,000 R1T pickups to fix a loose fastener that could cause major problems.

Ford's announcement of the new GT marks the end of an era for the automaker as the new 2022 GT will mark the final edition of the iconic race car that had its birth 50 years ago to race Ferrari and other marques in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The iconic racer finished 1-2-3 in 1966.

Consumer Reports recently dug down deeply on vehicle reliability and found that two Ford models didn't fare all that well.

Ford has recall a number of 2022 F-150 pickups to fix an airbag problem. And, while it may look like ti is related to the huge Takata airbag issue, it isn't.

If it has seemed busy at Ford lately, you're right, it has been very active. A couple of weeks ago, the automaker introduced the seventh-generation Ford Mustang and then it opened -- and likely quickly closed -- the order banks for the incredibly popular compact Maverick pickup. Finally, the automaker introduced its redesigned Super Duty heavy-duty truck lineup.

If you are looking to order a new compact Maverick truck, then you had better be quick because it is quite possible that the order banks have been closed even before they seem to have opened.