GM And Stellantis Get $1 Billion From Feds For EVs

GM And Stellantis Get  Billion From Feds For EVs

Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 11, 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: Government Hands GM, Stellantis $1 Billion For More EV Projects The … Read more

Now It’s The Replacement Airbags That Are Killing Americans

Now It’s The Replacement Airbags That Are Killing Americans

Good morning! It’s Friday, July 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. We Hope Steve Never Has to Test This Motorcycle Airbag Vest 1st Gear: NHTSA Warns Millions Of Cars … Read more

Federal UAW Investigation Sure Sounds Like It Was Trumped Up After Call For Gaza Ceasefire

Federal UAW Investigation Sure Sounds Like It Was Trumped Up After Call For Gaza Ceasefire

Federal union monitor Neil Barofsky, who is in charge of keeping an eye on the United Auto Workers union, allegedly took issue with UAW President Shawn Fain calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and used his position to pressure Fain to change course. Drop Site News reports that Fain refused, potentially upsetting Barofsky enough to … Read more

Ancient Tesla Model Y Won’t Be Refreshed Anytime Soon: Elon Musk

Ancient Tesla Model Y Won’t Be Refreshed Anytime Soon: Elon Musk

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, June 11, 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: Refreshed Tesla Model Y Won’t Come This Year A refreshed Tesla … Read more

‘Pathetic’ Stellantis Leadership Cut Hundreds Of Jobs While Giving CEO Tavares $39 Million Salary

‘Pathetic’ Stellantis Leadership Cut Hundreds Of Jobs While Giving CEO Tavares  Million Salary

Photo: Stellantis UAW President Shawn Fain called out Stellantis as being “pathetic” in a recent Facebook live broadcast event for United Auto Workers union members. The multi-national automaker conglomerate recently fired scores of full-time workers from its Warren Assembly plant where the Ram 1500 and Jeep Wagoneer are built. Further engineering, tech, and software jobs were cut … Read more

Formerly Anti-Union VW Worker Explains Why The Hollywood Strikes Changed His Mind

Formerly Anti-Union VW Worker Explains Why The Hollywood Strikes Changed His Mind

Screenshot: Payday Report/YouTube Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant recently voted to join the United Auto Workers union, making it the first factory outside the Big Three to unionize. It’s a huge win for the employees who work there but also for labor rights in general. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that many … Read more

Tesla’s Day Of Reckoning Is Upon Us

Tesla’s Day Of Reckoning Is Upon Us

Good morning! It’s Monday, April 22, 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 Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Chaos At Tesla 2024 has not been kind … Read more

Tesla Will Lay Off 10 Percent Of Its Entire Workforce

Tesla Will Lay Off 10 Percent Of Its Entire Workforce

Happy Monday! It’s April 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. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Tesla Is Cutting 10 Percent Of All Workers Tesla … Read more

Ford Delays New Electric Vehicles As Sales Falter, Joins Pivot To Hybrids Instead

Ford Delays New Electric Vehicles As Sales Falter, Joins Pivot To Hybrids Instead

Good morning! It’s Friday, April 5, 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. Volvo’s Newest EV Is The Cheapest Volvo You Can Buy In The U.S. 1st Gear: Ford Delays New … Read more

Bentley Blames ‘Emotional Sensitivity’ For Slow Sales

Bentley Blames ‘Emotional Sensitivity’ For Slow Sales

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, March 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. The 2024 Toyota Yaris GR Sport: America Is Missing Out 1st Gear: “Emotional Sensitivity” Slows Bentley Sales Bentley … Read more