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Image: FordYou may remember back in early January when the east coast went into meltdown as I-95 in Virginia was gridlocked with cars stranded on the highway for as long as 14 hours thanks to a heavy winter storm. It was, understandably, a…

Photo: ExxonMobilFord says it thinks it will make billions on its Rivian investment, GM dealers are getting a bunch of slow chargers, and “responsibly sourced gas.” All that and more in The Morning Shift for January 19, 2022.1st Gear: It’s…

Photo: FordFord has a solution for those of you finding yourself in the middle of a real-life range anxiety nightmare. All you need is the helping hand of someone with a capable, 2022 F-150 Lightning F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid nearby. And a…

Photo: AP (AP)Electric charging stations might be coming to a block near you, Tesla’s talking about dogecoin, and Toyota has reversed itself. All that and more in The Morning Shift for December 14, 2021.1st Gear: Good Luck Buying A New Car…

Photo: RenaultPete Buttigieg sparred with Elon Musk, Ford is says it has a recycled ocean plastic first, and Renault. All that and more in The Morning Shift for December 8, 2021.1st Gear: The Renault Zoe Is A Small Electric Car That Is Also…

If you’ve filled up recently and spotted yet another “I did that” sticker at the pump, get ready for gas prices to get even more stupid. All that and more in The Morning Shift for November 29, 2021.1st Gear: Oil Prices Working Back Up After…

If Forza Horizon 4 taught me anything, the UK is made up of the city of Edinburgh, some ponds, and one thousand houses that look exactly like thisPhoto: Miles Willis (Getty Images)England, the world’s most cartographically confusing nation,…

Image: HolleyHot rodders get a bad rep as dinosaurs and averse to change. They’ll cling to their pushrods and carburetors until they die, they say. While that may be true of some, the real hot rodders only care about going fast as possible,…

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)There’s a current public perception that California is the best state in America to own an electric car, and that perception largely comes down to infrastructure. California is equipped to handle a…

BMW beat expectations in posting its Q3 earnings, with profits up on the back of the X7 and production zooming up on hybrids. This is ... still BMW, right? All that and more in The Morning Shift for November 3, 2021.1st Gear: The Only…