Wheelies: The Dueling Fords Edition According to a report from Reuters, Ford will be producing the current F-150 and a redesigned one simultaneously for several months. The new F-150 has not yet been revealed, but Ford released a concept vehicle, the Atlas, that most likely contains the design language the automaker will use. With demand for pickup trucks continuing to grow, Reuters suggests that it's in Ford's best interest to maintain production of the older model while ramping up the new. Citing concern over Japanese currency manipulation, Sander Levin, a senior member of the United States House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, called for tough rules regarding Japanese free trade negotiations. More than 80,000 General Motors, Ford and Chrysler employees have signed a petition opposing the Obama administration's proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership unless Japan deals with currency manipulation and moves toward importing more American cars into the Japanese market. Currently, critics of the partnership are calling for the phase-out of Japanese automotive import tariffs - 2.5 percent for cars and 25 percent for trucks - to stretch over three decades. Mercedes-Benz announced Tuesday the winner of a competition in golf cart design. The result was the Mercedes-Benz Vision golf cart, a futuristic-looking concept that looks less like a golf cart than it does a Renault Twizy. Powered by a traditional battery-electric motor setup, the Vision golf cart differs from its forebears in that it can be charged with a solar panel as well as its conventional plug-in charging apparatus. Mercedes-Benz There is a rumor that Cadillac may trim the wreath from its logo for coming models. Although Chevrolet's bow tie has been like a rock, so to speak, remaining the same for the last century, Cadillac's has undergone a number of fairly significant changes over the company's 111-year run. The wreath has been around for a while, but may be passe considering Cadillac's futuristic styling, according to a report from Automotive News. Wheels reached out to Cadillac, which would neither confirm nor deny the report, which it said was speculative. If change is to come, it will probably be announced when Cadillac unveils a new concept vehicle at the Pebble Beach Concours d"Élégance in California next month, says Automotive News. GM Authority Although Ford and Toyota had conducted a feasibility study on possible collaboration on new hybrid truck and S.U.V. technology, the two companies decided to call it off, they announced this week. Both automakers said in statements that they would continue to study hybrid technology in-house. Ford promised a new hybrid platform for trucks and S.U.V."s by the end of the decade. Toyota said it would introduce 18 new hybrid models before 2016.