Good morning! It’s Friday, August 23, 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. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived 1st Gear: Tesla Is Losing Its Sales And Technology Lead Tesla is having … Read more
New Delhi: Continued support in terms of lower GST for electric vehicles is necessary till the volumes reach an appropriate level and the industry can sustain on its own, according to Audi India Head Balbir Singh Dhillon. He noted that hybrid cars are not currently part of the company’s strategy for the country and the … Read more
According to the Road Accidents in India 2022 report published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India, data shows that nearly 45% of all road fatalities in India involve two-wheelers. While basic precautions like wearing a good quality helmet do go a long way in making two-wheelers safer, riders are still a … Read more
The Porsche Boxster and Cayman as we know them aren’t long for this world. Next year, the fourth generation of Porsche’s compact sports car will be revealed, and it will only be available as a fully electric vehicle. The current internal combustion 982 generation of Porsche 718 will remain on sale in the U.S. for … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, August 2, 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: U.S. Election Means Everything To EVs The … Read more
Mumbai: Tata Motors’ electric car dispatches to dealers fell 21% in July year-on-year, making it a third consecutive monthly, year-on-year decline for the maker of Nexon.ev and Punch.ev models. PB Balaji, chief financial officer, Tata Motors Group attributed it to discontinuation of the subsidy scheme from April for the fleet segment and overall slowdown in … Read more
Tesla did not have a good second quarter for 2024, and it could have been a whole lot worse had it not been for the U.S. government. Sure, profits fell 45 percent during the time period, but Tesla benefitted from one very important weapon for improving an income statement: regulatory credits. Tesla Had A Very … Read more
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
Not too long ago, vehicle leases were on the decline. So much so that it was affecting the used car market. Now, thanks to EVs, leases are making a big comeback. And thanks to tax credits, German luxury EVs are being leased now more than ever. Even EVs Can’t Get A Break From The Heat … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 11, 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: Government Hands GM, Stellantis $1 Billion For More EV Projects The … Read more
