Geoge Smith 
Good morning! It’s Monday, April 1, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Elon Musk Scares Off Potential Tesla Owners Elon Musk is turning … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON — The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk’s polarizing persona. While Tesla continued to post strong sales growth last year, helped by aggressive price cuts, the electric-vehicle maker is … Read more
Tata Motors on Monday reported a 2 per cent rise in its total domestic wholesales at 90,822 units in March. In the year-ago period, the company posted total domestic wholesales of 89,351 units. Sales of passenger vehicles, including electric vehicles, in the domestic market, were at 50,297 units in March as compared to 44,225 units … Read more
With its pop-up headlamps in the front and a luggage rack in the back, today’s Nice Price or No Dice 200SX is a bastion of earlier times and designs. Let’s see if its price is just as old school. Jonathan Bennett And His Late 1980’s Honda Accord | My First Car Range anxiety isn’t a … Read more
Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported a 10 per cent rise in total sales at 1,87,196 units in March this year as compared to 1,70,071 units in the same month last year. In the year 2023-24, the company crossed an annual total sales milestone of 20 lakh units with highest-ever yearly domestic sales of 1,793,644 … Read more
GULLTRÄSK, Sweden — The irony of testing the new 2025 Volvo EX30 on a frozen lake mere miles south of the Arctic Circle is about as strong as the nonstop snow whipping my face upon exiting the sumptuously warm haven that is this little crossover’s colorful interior. Chances are, very few EX30 buyers in the … Read more
Hyundai Motor India on Monday reported a 7 per cent year-on-year increase in total sales at 65,601 units in March. The company sold a total of 61,500 units in March 2023, Hyundai Motor India said in a statement. Domestic dispatch of vehicles to dealers saw an increase of 5 per cent to 53,001 units last … Read more
As part of his ambition to make India a green economy, Union minister Nitin Gadkari wants to slash GST on hybrid vehicles and has vowed to rid the country entirely of the over 36 crore petrol and diesel vehicles. “One hundred per cent,” Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, said when asked … Read more
Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Monday reported its highest-ever monthly wholesales at 27,180 units in March. The company’s total dispatches to dealers increased 25 per cent last month to 22,910 units as compared with 21,783 units in March 2023. For the 2023-24 fiscal the company reported the highest-ever wholesales of 2,63,512 units, an increase of 48 … Read more
Hot Wheels cars are a toy every child can enjoy, but the company continues to find new ways to be inclusive. The Mattel brand’s latest car, for example, was developed in conjunction with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to better include children with autism. The Flippin Fast is a car that rolls just as well … Read more
