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
Tesla claims its Cybertruck is built for any planet, and that it’s durable enough to go anywhere and tackle anything, but its owner’s manual says that its hitch assembly is only designed to support vertical loads up to 160 pounds. That’s less than the weight of the average American female. WhistlinDiesel’s Cybertruck Durability Test video … Read more
Even the techiest tech bros in the world are starting to turn on Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk. Car buyers in California’s Silicon Valley – where Tesla was started – are leaving the brand as its lineup rapidly ages, the competition gets stronger and Musk becomes even more of a right-wing piece of shit … Read more
A mom in California faced a frightening situation last week when her child was locked inside her Tesla while it was charging on a 109-degree day. With no way of opening up the vehicle to get her child out of the sweltering car, Kassandra Pineda and a bystander were forced to smash the car’s window … Read more
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
Is Tesla a car company or a tech company? It’s a question not even analysts on Wall Street can agree on. CEO Elon Musk seems to split the difference between the two, and it’s hard to argue the cars his companies build aren’t more tech-forward (for better or worse) than most other cars currently for … Read more
Image: Tesla A Tesla driver learned the hard way that yes, you still need to keep your hands on the wheel in a Tesla and yes, you really aren’t allowed to smuggle drugs. Tesla Had A Very Interesting Week First spotted by Road & Track, the incident happened in Wilson’s Mills, North Carolina around 4 … Read more
Image: Tesla With Tesla’s infamous quality control, it is a wonder that people still actively go out and spend their hard earned money on its vehicles. That “quality” has shown up again, not on a Cybertruck, but on a brand new Model 3 delivered to a customer without a pretty important component. Tesla’s Big Discounts … Read more
It’s been over a year since Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed to open up the company’s Supercharger network to vehicles from other automakers. At the time, it was looked at as a great move for the auto industry and, in theory, it still is. However, more than 12 months later, Tesla’s network (with nearly 30,000 … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, August 23, 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: Tesla Is Losing Its Sales And Technology Lead Tesla is having … Read more
