Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 29, 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. What Is The Most American Car? | Jalopinions 1st Gear: Ford Panders To Right By Cutting DEI Policies … Read more
In Ford’s latest attempt to piss your uncle off, the automaker is expected to significantly expand the Mustang’s lineup with new variants including a four-door coupe and a four-wheel-drive off-roader. Undoubtedly, these new vehicles will be very cool, but for some folks, they will spell the beginning of the end times. Chevrolet Is The Target … Read more
For a couple of years, there was a war among the makers of electric vehicle charging plugs over which company would win market supremacy. Well, now it seems we’ve got a clear winner, and it’s Tesla’s North American Charging Standard. For a long time, it didn’t seem like this would be the case, with automakers … 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
Ford is investing $3 billion to build more of its extremely profitable F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks at a plant in Ontario, Canada that was previously earmarked to build an electric crossover. The plant is set to be opened in 2026, and it will employ 1,800 workers to build the large work trucks. The move … Read more
It definitely upsets some readers, but here at Jalopnik, we’re fully on Team Don’t Drive A Childcrusher 9000. Cars are fun and all, but they’re not more important than people’s lives. And unfortunately for everyone who does anything outside of a car, tall hoods on large trucks and SUVs make them especially deadly in the … Read more
After covering Ford CEO Jim Farley saying America needs to fall back in love with smaller cars despite running a company that killed the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Taurus, we decided to take a look at the sales figures of the smallest, cheapest cars still on the market. It is July, after all, meaning most … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, June 21, 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: Cyberattack Continues To Disrupt U.S. Car Sales I know it’s tricky, but this week we have … Read more
Ford’s EV plans haven’t exactly gone according to, well, plan. Late last year, Ford started to rethink the billions it poured into EVs as sales started to slow and scaled back its European EV plans. Then the company revealed that it loses over six figures on each EV it sales. Then the automaker announced it … Read more
Image: Jim Farley/Ford Ford CEO Jim Farley is a genuine car fanatic, which is something of a rarity among car company c-suite execs. It’s about more than just the numbers with this guy, because he understands where enthusiasts are coming from. He gets that the financial decisions we make as car enthusiasts aren’t always advisable, … Read more
