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The Ford brand plans to further lean into its family of ‘icons’ as it works to offer a hybrid variant of everything in its lineup by the end of the decade.

Lincoln has updated all four of its nameplates since early 2023 and told dealers at an recent meeting that the U.S. lineup would grow over the next few years.

The automaker has positioned itself to continue making money on gasoline vehicles to help fund its EV ambitions, while ramping up hybrid sales for those customers not fully ready for battery power.

The median CEO compensation across auto industry sectors in 2023 declined 2.5 percent year over year to about $11.3 million.

Here are highlights from the latest episodes of 'Daily Drive', Automotive News' weekday podcast, Aug. 20-22, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.

The auto industry has a multitude of issues plaguing it, from overregulation and a push to an all-EV marketplace to overpriced model offerings with higher-interest loans that have placed many buyers out of the market.

One of the things we in the industry need to wrap our heads around is that electric vehicles don’t just present a different powertrain — they present a different business model.

How to name EVs is a question that is not unique to Honda and Acura.