40,000 Ford F-150 trucks may be missing their blue oval badges: WSJ:
that the shortage applies to the famous blue oval Ford badges as well as those that identify the model. A Ford spokesperson told thethat some vehicle shipments are still happening as planned and that it is retrofitting vehicles that don't have the correct badges before delivering them to dealers. Ford said it expects to have between 40,000 and 45,000 pickups waiting for badges at the end of the third quarter.
Ford reportedly considered 3D printing to make temporary badges but dismissed the idea because it could not guarantee the short-term replacements would look as good. The company declined to comment on the 3D printing proposal to the paper. We have asked Ford for more details about these issues. Ford, and other automakers, had previously held back shipments of numerous models because of a lack of silicon semiconductor chips, which have been difficult for some automakers to obtain for their products since 2020 because of the pandemic.noted that one of Ford's badge suppliers is Tribar Technologies.
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