What The Fed Rate Cut Could Mean For Car Buyers

What The Fed Rate Cut Could Mean For Car Buyers

In This Story Good morning! It’s Thursday, September 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. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Fed Rate Cut Could … Read more

Tesla Cybertruck Is Kicking Every EV Truck’s Ass In Sales

Tesla Cybertruck Is Kicking Every EV Truck’s Ass In Sales

Say what you will about the Tesla Cybertruck and the people who drive it, but folks who want an electric pickup truck are choosing it over the competition at an astonishing rate. Granted, it’s a very small sliver of the overall car market, but back in July Cybertruck sales pretty much equaled the sales of … Read more

Even A Three-Row EV SUV Isn’t Profitable Enough To Build, Says Ford

Even A Three-Row EV SUV Isn’t Profitable Enough To Build, Says Ford

Ford has once again announced a change in its electric vehicle strategy after canceling its plans for a three-row EV in favor of much smaller, more affordable models that might actually be able to make money. Ford Is Gearing Up To Make A Lot More F-150 Lightnings Ford canned its plans for a three-row EV … Read more

Ford Is Even Recalling Cop Cars Now

Ford Is Even Recalling Cop Cars Now

Good morning! It’s Monday, August 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. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived 1st Gear: Ford Recalls 85,000 Cop Cars Over Engine Fire Fears Of all … Read more

The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 15, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: The Car Recall System Is Badly Broken Proposed … Read more

Trump Claims He’s ‘Totally For’ ‘Incredible’ EVs Despite Everything He’s Campaigned On

Trump Claims He’s ‘Totally For’ ‘Incredible’ EVs Despite Everything He’s Campaigned On

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 30, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Trump Now Thinks EVs Are ‘Incredible’ Donald Trump … Read more

More Than 90 Percent Of German EVs Sold In Q1 Were Leases

More Than 90 Percent Of German EVs Sold In Q1 Were Leases

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

You Can Lease A New Car For $19 Per Month, But It’s A Nissan Leaf

You Can Lease A New Car For  Per Month, But It’s A Nissan Leaf

For as long as there have been electric vehicles, their critics have disingenuously argued that it’s impossible for EVs to ever take hold in the U.S. until the working class can afford to drive them. Despite that not having been a prerequisite for the proliferation of pricey trucks and SUVs, it’s been a pervasive topic … Read more

Tesla May Be Struggling, But The U.S. EV Industry Has Actually Seen Solid Growth This Year

Tesla May Be Struggling, But The U.S. EV Industry Has Actually Seen Solid Growth This Year

From layoffs at Tesla, Rivian and others to big price cuts on the Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E, Hertz selling off its fleet of electric vehicles, Tesla’s deliveries being down and even Volkswagen delaying the ID7’s U.S. launch, it could be easy to get the impression that the EV industry is dying. As Bloomberg … Read more

Even Ford Is Walking Back Its EV Plans In Europe Now

Even Ford Is Walking Back Its EV Plans In Europe Now

Europe-only Ford Explorer EV Image: Ford It wasn’t all that long ago, February of 2021 in fact, that Ford Europe announced it was “all-in on EVs.” It planned to invest $2 billion to transform the Cologne, Germany plant into an electric car production giant. The plan had stepping stones toward a fully electric 2030, including … Read more