What The Fed Rate Cut Could Mean For Car Buyers

What The Fed Rate Cut Could Mean For Car Buyers

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

I’m Looking For A Fun Commuter Car With An Electric Boost! What Should I Buy?

I’m Looking For A Fun Commuter Car With An Electric Boost! What Should I Buy?

Matt is a high school teacher in Oklahoma. He is looking for an enjoyable commuter car that is also comfortable for the family. Ideally, it would be some kind of EV or plug-in. With a firm budget of up to $50,000, what car should he buy? 2023 Kia EV6 GT | Jalopnik Reviews (Welcome back … Read more

The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 15, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: The Car Recall System Is Badly Broken Proposed … Read more

Why Won’t Automakers Tell Us How Often People Actually Charge Their Plug-In Hybrids?

Why Won’t Automakers Tell Us How Often People Actually Charge Their Plug-In Hybrids?

On paper, plug-in hybrids offer the best of both worlds — electric power for daily driving and gas power for longer trips — but to get the most out of a PHEV, you have to charge it. Take the Toyota RAV4 Prime, for example. It has a 42-mile electric-only range, is rated at 94 MPGe … Read more

Ford’s Warranty Costs Rose $800 Million In The Second Quarter

Ford’s Warranty Costs Rose 0 Million In The Second Quarter

Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 25, 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. BMW F 900 GS And BMW CE 02: What Do You Want To Know? 1st Gear: Warranty Costs … Read more

‘Green New Scam’ Donald Trump Says He’ll End The EV Mandate That Exists In His Imagination On Day One

‘Green New Scam’ Donald Trump Says He’ll End The EV Mandate That Exists In His Imagination On Day One

Good morning! It’s Friday, July 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: Trump Tells RNC He’ll End EV Mandate … Read more

GM Fined $146 Million After Millions Of Cars Failed Emissions Tests

GM Fined 6 Million After Millions Of Cars Failed Emissions Tests

Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 4, 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: Almost 6 Million GM Cars Released Excess … Read more

I Am Swapping My Volt For A Highway Cruiser! What Car Should I Buy?

I Am Swapping My Volt For A Highway Cruiser! What Car Should I Buy?

Nick’s wife is starting a new job that requires a lot of long-distance highway travel. She is looking for something a bit more comfortable than her 2012 Chevy Volt with some updated features. With a budget of up to $45,000 what car should she buy? The 2023 Dodge Challenger Swinger Edition Was The Most Fun … Read more

New, Less Strict Biden EV Rules Incentivize Gas-Burning Trucks And SUVs

New, Less Strict Biden EV Rules Incentivize Gas-Burning Trucks And SUVs

Happy Thursday! It’s June 6, 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. NIO Scraps Its Most Unique Feature For Its EVs 1st Gear: Biden Administration EV Rollback To Have Even Worse … Read more

Even Ford Is Walking Back Its EV Plans In Europe Now

Even Ford Is Walking Back Its EV Plans In Europe Now

Europe-only Ford Explorer EV Image: Ford It wasn’t all that long ago, February of 2021 in fact, that Ford Europe announced it was “all-in on EVs.” It planned to invest $2 billion to transform the Cologne, Germany plant into an electric car production giant. The plan had stepping stones toward a fully electric 2030, including … Read more