Good morning! It’s Friday, April 12, 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. Ford Is Gearing Up To Make A Lot More F-150 Lightnings 1st Gear: Ford Cuts Up To $5,500 … Read more
There have been a handful of cars with no rear window in recent years, whether it be for aerodynamic or pure styling reasons, they instead use a high-def camera and digital rear-view mirror to give you a view behind. But all such cars have been high-end supercars or limited-run specials, like the Ferrari 812 Competizione, … Read more
The upcoming Polestar 3 hasn’t gone into production yet, but parent company Geely has already decided to give it a discount that slashes the EV’s price by nearly $10,000. Carmakers are usually timid with pricing forecasts for their latest models because final MSRPs are (supposedly) subject to things like volatile supply chains and the ever-increasing … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 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. 2024 Polestar 2: Your Questions, Answered 1st Gear: Biden Weary Of Chinese Cars U.S. officials are going to … Read more
Sean and his wife are replacing their 2009 Audi A3 as it’s getting up there in mileage and repairs are starting to be expensive. This would be a daily driver for just two people, so it doesn’t need to be super practical. They are open to used cars but they want it to “feel” like … Read more
To understand why I decided to break into the software configurations on my Polestar 2, I must first emphasize my frustrations with the NHTSA implementation for Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) headlights via an amendment to FMVSS 108. 2024 Polestar 2 | First Drive Not only was the US behind the rest of the world in creating … 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
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
Screenshot: Radio Svoboda Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed increased intensity and frequency of attacks on Ukraine, and started 2024 with a bombardment of the country’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv. Tuesday’s shelling and drone attacks lasted more than ninety minutes and resulted in death and destruction, leaving smoldering residential and commercial districts across the … Read more
Automakers and some startups are hoping to win over buyers who might want to consider an EV but don’t want to be locked into a long term purchase by introducing microleases. These terms, often for a year or less, are being billed as a way to get people to try EVs or as a stopgap … Read more
