Happy Friday! It’s March 15, 2024 — the Ides of March — 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. GM Just Cant Seem To Quit The Chevy Bolt 1st Gear: U.S. Automakers … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Tomorrow is the perpetual expected delivery date of the first self-driving car, but the fledging systems are far from showroom-ready. However, it’s not clear that the general public would want to ride in or even share the road with a fully autonomous car. A recent survey conducted by the American … Read more
The race for fully autonomous passenger cars is a dumb one. Businesses are playing with technology that offers massive downsides for little gain, and just end up clogging up streets with their often-confused computerized vehicles. But there’s more to the story than mere Sisyphean endeavors of trying to teach human behavior to computers: These companies … Read more
The 2024 Honda Prologue is not a Honda. It just isn’t. The Japanese automaker can talk all it wants about how this car is designed to look and feel like a Honda, but it only achieved half of its goals. Sure, the 2024 Prologue looks like a Honda (on the outside, at least), but everything … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 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. Rivian Recalls Nearly Every Car It Has Built 1st Gear: Rivian, Lucid 2024 Production Falls On Weakening Demand … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, February 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. Why Is Carvana Stock Suddenly Thriving? 1st Gear: Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares Made $39.5M in 2023 I don’t … Read more
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik The 2024 Honda Prologue is an all-new electric crossover from Honda that is, in essence, meant to hold down the fort until Honda can build its own electric vehicles. You see, this thing says “Honda” on the outside, but underneath, it’s 100 percent a General Motors Ultium-platformed vehicle. That means … 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
The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice E320 wagon claims it comes from “The golden era of Mercedes.” We’ll have to decide if its price tag is just as haughty as that embellishment. It’s Time To Upgrade To Four-Door Performance Practicality | What Car Should You Buy? Chris Farley’s SNL character, Matt Foley, … Read more
