Ditching EVs For Hybrids Is Already Paying Off For Automakers

Ditching EVs For Hybrids Is Already Paying Off For Automakers

Good morning! It’s Thursday, September 5, 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. The GM EV1 Was a Great First Effort With No Follow-Up 1st Gear: Automakers See Sales Boost With … Read more

Toyota Mirai Turned Into Hydrogen Bomb By Ukrainian Forces Explodes With The Force Of 400 Pounds Of TNT

Toyota Mirai Turned Into Hydrogen Bomb By Ukrainian Forces Explodes With The Force Of 400 Pounds Of TNT

Screenshot: Khorne Group The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle has hardly been an international sales success, thanks to poor hydrogen infrastructure, expense, and polarizing design, but it proved successful to Ukrainian forces which scavenged parts from the hydrogen car to create the world’s smallest hydrogen bomb. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s … Read more

Toyota Believes Hydrogen Power Will Win Le Mans

Toyota Believes Hydrogen Power Will Win Le Mans

Image: Toyota Toyota Gazoo Racing is committing to its long-running FIA WEC and Le Mans 24 hypercar program, up to and including building a next-generation car powered by hydrogen. The series had previously announced that it would allow hydrogen-powered vehicles to compete in the top flight Hypercar category, where Toyota currently races the gasoline-electric hybrid … Read more

Honda’s Hydrogen Big Rig Is A Look At A Commerical Hydrogen Future

Honda’s Hydrogen Big Rig Is A Look At A Commerical Hydrogen Future

Photo: Honda Honda is showing it is getting serious about hydrogen fuel cell technology with the debut of its latest creation: a Class 8 semi-truck that runs on the automaker’s hydrogen fuel cell technology. You can sort of think of this new truck as the start of Honda’s new project meant to expand hydrogen in … Read more

Tesla Stock Down 40 Percent Over Last Year, Wiping Away $312 Billion In Market Cap

Tesla Stock Down 40 Percent Over Last Year, Wiping Away 2 Billion In Market Cap

Good morning! It’s Friday, April 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. 1st Gear: Tesla’s Stock Is In Freefall It has been an absolutely dismal year for Tesla’s stock price … Read more

Metallica Will Go On World Tour Using EV And FCEV Big Rigs

Metallica Will Go On World Tour Using EV And FCEV Big Rigs

An unlikely partnership between Metallica and Iveco is behind a fleet of big rigs powered by batteries and hydrogen fuel cells hitting the road this summer for the European leg of Metallica’s M72 World Tour. The Italian heavy truck maker and American heavy metal band first teamed up last year, and Iveco celebrated by showing … Read more

What Car Is The Biggest Bargain You Can Buy Right Now?

What Car Is The Biggest Bargain You Can Buy Right Now?

After price cuts and tax credits, is this a bargain now? Photo: Tesla Here at Jalopnik, we’re lucky to have car-buying expert Tom McParland on hand to give us advice whenever we need it. But he can’t be doing everything, everywhere, all at once, and this means that sometimes it’s better to hear from the … Read more

Toyota Offers $40,000 Discount On A Car Most People Can’t Fuel Up

Toyota Offers ,000 Discount On A Car Most People Can’t Fuel Up

The second generation of Toyota’s innovative hydrogen fuel cell EV the Mirai made a lot of improvements over the first-generation car, including increased range and better styling, but according to a bulletin sent to dealers last week, 2023 Mirais now offer a rebate worth up to $40,000 off MSRP. This news comes just days after … Read more

Honda’s Hydrogen-Powered CR-V Is Coming, Even If There’s Nowhere Left To Fill It

Honda’s Hydrogen-Powered CR-V Is Coming, Even If There’s Nowhere Left To Fill It

Depending on who you ask, hydrogen power is either the future of the automotive word or a massive waste of money. Clearly, Honda thinks it’s the former as it’s just teased the release of a hydrogen-powered CR-V that’s coming to America later this year. There’s just one catch, the number of filling stations you’ll be … Read more