Auto Industry Leaders Offering Help to Those in Need

With all the negative news going around we wanted to do a round-up of some big-name companies doing great things during these hard times.

Harbor Freight Tools has announced that it will be donating its entire inventory of N95 masks, face shields and 5 and 7 mil nitrile gloves to hospitals with 24-hour emergency rooms due to an ongoing shortage of the equipment.

GM said on Monday that work at its Indiana plant, which makes small electronic components for cars, is part of the effort to expand ventilator production. Sources said the GM-Ventec project is known internally as "Project V."

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Ford has been busy in the lab with its lineup of exciting new vehicles on the horizon. Ford will be hitting the Las Vegas streets with  Las Vegas, with more than 40 custom creations set to turn some heads. Two of the big names blue oval fans are waiting to see if the new Maverick street truck as well as the Shelby Mach-E GT concept.

“We designed Ford vehicles to be easier to customize, with installation points and aftermarket accessories engineered from the start of the design process,” said Eric Cin, Ford global director, vehicle personalization, accessories and licensing. “We work actively with the aftermarket to share our product designs so customers can personalize and put the finishing touches on their vehicle to make it all their own.”

There will also be tons of accessories and components that will be highlighted for the following vehicles as well:

• F-Series, long the mainstay in Ford parts and accessories offerings, returns with some of the most radical builds and innovative designs in recent years. Trucks range from F-150-based desert runners and haulers, to F-150 and Super Duty^® builds


• The all-new 2022 Ford Maverick pickup – the highly anticipated Built Ford Tough compact pickup – makes its SEMA debut with three custom builds leveraging its ingenious customization and storage solutions while demonstrating the catalog of more than 160 Ford Licensed Accessories, Genuine Ford Parts and Ford Performance Parts items offered at launch


• Ford Ranger pickup gets the rock star treatment with an extreme off-road build based on the rugged midsize pickup


• Bronco^™ and Bronco Sport SUV will flex their off-road muscle with six custom builds, plus a nomination for SEMA 4x4 SUV of the Year. Results of the SEMA member vote will be announced on Monday, Nov. 1.

Take a look at some cool projects that Ford is bringing to SEMA!

 
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Lubrication Specialties Inc., maker of Hot Shot’s Secret performance oils and additives, will produce up to 4,500 four-ounce bottles of hand-sanitizer over the next couple of weeks and will continue operations as long as supplies are available. They will be giving it away for free to local hospital and healthcare workers, nursing facilities, over-the-road truckers and will be placing a bottle in every shipment of Hot Shot’s Secret product sent out the door.