What Car Makes You Instantly Hate Someone?

What Car Makes You Instantly Hate Someone?

Screenshot: KOMO News You can tell a lot about a person based on the car they drive, and while judging a book by its cover isn’t always advisable, sometimes it just makes sense. Every car brings a certain connotation with it, and unfortunately for some, it isn’t always positive. That is what has led me … Read more

Buying Silicon Caliper Covers For Your Tesla Sounds Like A Terrible Idea

Buying Silicon Caliper Covers For Your Tesla Sounds Like A Terrible Idea

Photo: Caliper Skins Enthusiasts love to modify their cars. Sometimes it’s because their stupid E39 came with the world’s flimsiest cupholders. Other times it’s because they want to stand out or go a little faster. Whatever the reason, every modification comes with its pros and cons. People also have different priorities, so one mod that’s … Read more

Three Tesla Cybertruck Owners Are Driving From Florida To The Arctic Circle And Already They Are Having Problems

Three Tesla Cybertruck Owners Are Driving From Florida To The Arctic Circle And Already They Are Having Problems

As a big Arctic and Antarctic exploration nerd, I can tell you with confidence that that shit is hard. A few guys on Twitter are making the trip to the Arctic circle purposefully more difficult by trying to complete the trip in Tesla Cybertrucks and, honestly, they kinda rock for the attempt. Electric Car Charging … Read more

Tesla Quietly Deletes Elon Musk’s 2006 Climate Plan

Tesla Quietly Deletes Elon Musk’s 2006 Climate Plan

Happy Friday! It’s August 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. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Elon Musk’s ‘Master Plan’ For Climate Change Disappears From Tesla’s Website Elon … Read more

Wet Cybertruck Catches Fire After Hitting Fire Hydrant

Wet Cybertruck Catches Fire After Hitting Fire Hydrant

Tesla’s flagship Cybertruck electric pickup does not like water. The truck has been bricked going into car washes, got stranded on the banks of a small European lake and now a Cybertruck has burst into flames after hitting a fire hydrant that drenched its battery pack. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived The latest Cybertruck fire … Read more

Ford Backs Down On DEI Initiatives

Ford Backs Down On DEI Initiatives

Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 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. What Is The Most American Car? | Jalopinions 1st Gear: Ford Panders To Right By Cutting DEI Policies … Read more

Here’s Why Most Other EVs Still Can’t Use Tesla Superchargers

Here’s Why Most Other EVs Still Can’t Use Tesla Superchargers

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

Did Godzilla Eat This Tesla Cybertruck?

Did Godzilla Eat This Tesla Cybertruck?

Photo: IAAI If there was one thing that Elon Musk sold hard when he first introduced the Cybertruck, it was the fact that it would be tough. Go on Tesla’s website, and it promises the Cybertruck is “built for any planet” and “durable and rugged enough to go anywhere.” It would also be bulletproof. From … Read more

Tesla Can’t Even Make Full-Self Driving Work In A Tunnel It Built

Tesla Can’t Even Make Full-Self Driving Work In A Tunnel It Built

Tesla, the company that CEO Elon Musk claims will “solve autonomy,” has a problem: It turns out autonomy is hard. The company is totally definitely introducing a fully autonomous robotaxi this year, for realsies, yet it can’t even figure out how to make its cars self-drive through the Vegas Loop — a tunnel Musk himself … Read more

Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ faces intensifying safety scrutiny

Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ faces intensifying safety scrutiny

Three times in the past four months, William Stein, a technology analyst at Truist Securities, has taken Elon Musk up on his invitation to try the latest versions of Tesla’s vaunted “Full Self-Driving” system. A Tesla equipped with the technology, the company says, can travel from point to point with little human intervention. Yet each … Read more