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Ford has announced the recall of 200,000 2013-2021 Transit Connect commercial and passenger vans to repair a faulty transmission cable bushing.
Ford's Mustang Mach-E Named A Pop Mechanics' Excellence Winner Ford's Mustang Mach-E continues to garner awards. The latest is Popular Mechanics' "Excellence Award." For many reasons, the editors and testers lauded the Ford entry. Advertisement If there is one certainty over the next couple of years, it is simply that the automotive world will continue to turn to electric vehicles. And, as the number of electric vehicles continues to grow, they will occupy a more significant space on every awards platform. More Electric Vehicles Likely To Join Ranks Whether it is the famed Motor Trend "Car of...
Gasoline Shortage Leads To Bad Idea, Hoarding, As One Driver Found Hoarding gasoline during a time of shortage is not a good idea. Worse is when you stick the gasoline into not one but four open containers and leave them in the rear of your Hummer. The vehicle's owner found out just how bad an idea it was after it burst into flame and his Hummer was destroyed. Advertisement You've probably heard by now that the Colonial Pipeline has restarted. The pipeline, which ships gasoline up the East Coast, has been down for the last couple of weeks. It was the victim of a ransomware attack for Colonial...
As Pandemic Eases, Travelers Find Car Rental Costs Will Be Huge Travelers have been patient for more than a year as the pandemic raged across the country and they had to wait. Now, the pandemic shows some signs of waning and travel is slowly opening up. One of the results of the pandemic and travel is that rentals are now hugely expensive as this analysis shows. Advertisement Now that signs of a slowdown in the pandemic are becoming evident, many travelers plan to visit friends and relatives they haven't seen in more than a year. If they aren't planning to see the people in their lives, they ...
Andrew Frick, Ford vice president of sales in the U.S. and Canada, said the automaker is emphasizing the need to get it right with the Mach-E because of the vehicle's importance. "Each of our all-new vehicles is important to launch right and with great quality, but there is a certain level of special attention and excitement around Mustang Mach-E after customers have read the positive reviews and heard about the awards," he said in a statement. "We're hearing from tech-forward customers and customers who hadn't considered an EV before how excited they are for Mach-E, so we need to make sure w...