Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 8, 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. Volkswagen’s CEO Is Stepping Down 1st Gear: Tesla Is Hurting In Korea Tesla managed to sell just one … Read more
You’ve most likely noticed that there have been a hell of a lot of automotive recalls over the past decade that have impacted millions of vehicles on the roads in the U.S., some multiple times. It could leave you wondering why the hell there seems like a new major recall every single day. Well, there’s … Read more
Tesla has had a rough twelve months. The company failed to act on its first mover advantage in the U.S., and it’s market share dropping like a stone. Chinese EV makers are coming on strong, pushing Tesla out of many European and Asian driveways. It has been fraught with massive recall after massive recall. The company’s … Read more
For many buyers, a major hurdle to EV adoption is cost. For a while, there were limited affordable EV electric options. Now that the pre-owned EV market is seeing massive drops in value, there are more opportunities than ever for a reasonably priced way to go electric. So instead of buying the typical mid-sized sedan, … Read more
Tesla staffers are getting ready for potential job cuts after managers at the Austin, Texas-based automaker were asked to let higher-ups know if each of their employees’ positions are critical. I’m sure this will all go just fine for Tesla and its workers. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived U.S. managers had to make the yes-or-no … Read more
Photo: Cruise For years, it felt like no amount of screaming that Teslas couldn’t actually drive themselves would ever get through to regular people. They’d heard from their uncle or coworker or whoever that Teslas were self-driving, and trying to bring them back to reality just didn’t work. These days, though, things are a little … Read more
It has been not-so-secret Silicon Valley knowledge in recent years that Elon Musk frequently enjoys partaking in mind altering, hallucinogenic, and potentially dangerous drugs. A January Wall Street Journal piece voiced the concerns of investors and higher ups within Musk’s companies, that his propensity to use drugs was affecting his ability to be an effective … Read more
Think about the worst guy you’ve ever met. Now, imagine he was rich and had horrible taste. See him? Well, he’s nothing compared to this jabroni. What we’ve got here is a man using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta in his Cybertruck while wearing Apple Vision Pro VR goggles. What a goober. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally … Read more
Happy February! It’s Thursday, February 1, 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. I Want To Go Electric | What Car Should You Buy? 1st Gear: Volvo To Offload Polestar Stake … Read more
Happy Friday! It’s February 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. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Could Tesla Move To Texas? After a Delaware court ruled that Elon … Read more
