Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 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. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: 45,000 Dock Workers Strike On East Coast Dockworkers on the U.S. … Read more
You’re ruining the view. Photo: Hummer There are a few things that America does better than most: BBQ, excessive military spending and pickup trucks. None of those are particularly attractive things, least of all pickup trucks. But it’s not just America that builds ugly trucks (though they are the best at it) it turns out the … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, September 27, 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: Automakers Now Aim To Sell 23.7 million EVs … Read more
The GMC Sierra 1500 Denali is one of the most luxurious and capable pickup trucks on the market. It’s a great truck a lot of people would be happy to own. But there’s one major downside that speaks to a larger automotive industry problem that’s hardly talked about: It has a terrible backup camera at … Read more
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 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. 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo Is Excellent And Overpriced 1st Gear: Fewer Americans Believe EVs Are Better For The … Read more
Toyota has been on a roll lately. With models like the redesigned 4Runner, Tacoma and Land Cruiser, if you’re an off-road enthusiast and a Toyota fan you should be in heaven right now. If you don’t wanna pay markup or wait on more hardcore versions of the new models to launch, you can indulge your … Read more
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 18, 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 Chrysler 300C Ends Production 1st Gear: Trump Warns Pivot To EVs Will Kill America’s Auto Industry Election … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, September 17, 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 Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Driver Assist Systems Are Letting Us Get … Read more
You’d think after the huge scandal that was VW’s Dieselgate that the automotive industry as a whole would have learned something. A multi-billion dollar corporation getting hit with billions in fines wasn’t scary enough it seems, as diesel emission cheating keeps happening, albeit at a smaller scale. The latest bust is out of North Carolina. … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, September 13, 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 Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Dealers Call Out ‘Rapid Degradation’ Of Stellantis … Read more
