Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 29, 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. 2024 Polestar 2: Your Questions, Answered 1st Gear: Biden Weary Of Chinese Cars U.S. officials are going to … Read more
You’ll be forgiven for not knowing much about the automotive world around the mid-1890s. It was a long time ago, and the world was a very different place back then. The automobile was pioneered by thousands of people making iterative improvements to four-wheeled transport, some more important than others. History remembers the Henry Fords and … Read more
Photo: Mazda In light of the little stumble EVs have taken lately, we asked readers what cars should never go EV. It turns out Jalopnik readers are more amenable to EVs than their car enthusiast loyalties would suggest, because loving cars isn’t really about pitting ICE versus EVs. It’s more about what makes a car … Read more
While Mercedes backtracks on its future electric vehicle plans and Ford cuts production of its battery-powered F-150 Lightning, British automotive upstart Ineos has entered the murky waters of electrification with an EV of its own, the Fusilier. But at its launch, company boss Jim Ratcliffe made no excuses for the limitations of purely battery-powered cars, … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, February 20, 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. Even EVs Can’t Get A Break From The Heat 1st Gear: European Carmakers Could Form Alliance To Fend … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, February 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. Behind The Scenes of “007: Road To A Million” 1st Gear: Biden Braced For Battery Backtrack After states … Read more
Lucid is dropping the price on its flagship and sole vehicle (for now), the Air sedan, because demand just isn’t where the nascent automaker needs it to be. Three trims of the Air — the Pure, Touring and Grand Touring — will all see varying degrees of price cuts. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived The base model … Read more
The French government is suspending a subsidized EV leasing program because it’s been flooded with applicants who are eager for cheap EVs. The public lease program offers EVs starting at €100 per month, or $107 at current exchange rates. The program exceeded demand by more than double the amount of expected applicants. It must now … Read more
You did it, you made it to a new week. It’s Monday, February 12, 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. 1st Gear: Tesla Made $1.8 Billion Selling EV Credits Electric … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, January 22, 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: Electric Vehicle Stocks Are Down Bad Tesla’s stock is having a … Read more
