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Ford Motor Company Petitions For Pickup Truck Emoji

(CBS DETROIT)- There are many car emojis-except for a pickup truck emoji. Ford Motor Company is making strides to change that.

Last year, Ford Motor company petitioned the Unicode Consortium to add a pickup to the list of 3,000 icons that are universal to phones and computers across the world.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is in favor of the pickup emoji. He tweeted his support:

The pickup truck may become a real emoji in 2020.

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