In This Story Good morning! It’s Thursday, September 19, 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. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Fed Rate Cut Could … Read more
If you’re in the back seat of a Tesla Cybertruck in some sort of emergency situation or with no power then you better start praying, because getting out won’t be easy. The Cybertruck, like many electric cars, has electronically popping doors for whatever goddamn reason. If the battery is dead or there’s some other sort … Read more
When Polestar unveiled its Precept concept the slick styling and sustainable interior was almost overshadowed by one feature: the car’s coach doors. These awesome doors looked great and opened the concept’s cabin up to the elements. The car is now heading for production as the new Polestar 5, but those sleek doors are nowhere to … Read more
Image: Bring A Trailer Lincoln doesn’t make sedans anymore, instead following parent Ford’s lead and going all-in on luxury SUVs and crossovers. The brand’s last crack at a sedan was the tenth-generation Continental that debuted for the 2017 model year. Unfortunately it was a flop, but just before the model was dropped from production, Lincoln … Read more
Photo: Fisker Auto safety regulators have apparently opened a preliminary probe in the very troubled Fisker Ocean because of complaints the doors of the electric crossover sometimes don’t open when you want them to. This is less than ideal if you are familiar with the functionality of doors. Man, Fisker really cannot catch a break. … Read more
It seems like every week another poorly executed feature on the Tesla Cybertruck emerges. Today’s lesson; the Cybertruck’s front trunk or frunk seems to have the potential to seriously injure misplaced fingers. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived A video shared to X (Twitter) shows a Cybertruck’s frunk being put up against the closing mechanisms of … Read more
Photo: Mercedes-Benz Door handles. Most people probably never think about them, but we aren’t most people, are we amigo? We’re car enthusiasts, which means the most minute details catch our attention. Because of that, we’ve decided to dedicate today’s question to one very specific design detail: door handles. 2024 Porsche Cayenne S Review : Worthy … Read more
Image: @ShivAroor (X), Rafiq Maqbool (AP) A passenger on a commercial flight got stuck in the lavatory of a Boeing 737. SpiceJet, a low-cost Indian carrier, was operating an hour and 45-minute trip from Mumbai to Bengaluru earlier this week when the unidentified male passenger got up from his seat after takeoff to use the … Read more
white bicycle, or ghost bike, with a sign saying rest in peace locked to a pole on a New York City street is a memorial at the site where a cyclist was killed by a crash motor vehicle. Image: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Biking ain’t easy; in fact it can be straight up … Read more
