Chinese EV Ban Could Make Buying A Domestic Car More Expensive

Chinese EV Ban Could Make Buying A Domestic Car More Expensive

Good morning! It’s Monday, September 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. Paulina Porizkova Had Two Toyota 4Runners Stolen Back-to-Back 1st Gear: Chinese Car Ban Could Cut Car Sales And … Read more

U.S. new vehicle sales expected to have struggled during third quarter

U.S. new vehicle sales expected to have struggled during third quarter

New Jeep vehicles sit on a Dodge Chrysler-Jeep Ram dealership’s lot on October 03, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images DETROIT — U.S. sales of new vehicles are expected to have struggled during the third quarter amid economic and political uncertainties, as well as elevated interest rates and … Read more

Automakers up NFL advertising after pullback

Automakers up NFL advertising after pullback

Toyota’s “We Roll Deep Anthem” spot includes fans and NFL stars “setting off on an adrenaline-packed NFL adventure.” Screenshot Automakers are rushing back into advertising during the National Football League season after a slowdown in recent years. Toyota Motor Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company and the Detroit automakers are among those expected to capitalize on the … Read more

Another Deadly Airbag Recall Could Hit 49 Million Cars

Another Deadly Airbag Recall Could Hit 49 Million Cars

Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 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. Max Burkholder’s First Car Was A Recall Nightmare 1st Gear: U.S. Pushes For Recall Of 51 Million Faulty … Read more

Toyota Motor Corp: Suzuki sees India’s automobile market growing fivefold by 2047

Toyota Motor Corp: Suzuki sees India’s automobile market growing fivefold by 2047

India’s car market is on track to reach 20 million units by 2047, helped by promising growth in battery electric vehicles, Suzuki Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Kenichi Ayukawa said. First, the goal is for Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., the Japanese carmaker’s subsidiary, to grab 50% market share by 2030, from around 40% for the … Read more

Tesla and other EV makers like Volvo are betting big on gigacasting

Tesla and other EV makers like Volvo are betting big on gigacasting

In the race to make EVs cheaper and more profitable, companies are pulling just about every lever they can. But while improving battery technology often hogs the spotlight, automakers are investing heavily into changing how the rest of the car is made. One such method is megacasting, or gigacasting, as Tesla calls it. Gigacasting is … Read more

Modi in Moscow. What’s new?

Modi in Moscow. What’s new?

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take a walk during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / Sputnik POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Gavriil Grigorov | Afp | Getty Images This report is from … Read more

U.S. auto sales are expected to slow during the second half of 2024

U.S. auto sales are expected to slow during the second half of 2024

Cars sit on a Chevrolet dealership’s lot on June 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. A cyber attack on CDK Global, a software provider that helps dealerships manage sales and service, has crippled the workflow at approximately 15,000 dealerships across the United States and Canada.  Scott Olson | Getty Images DETROIT – U.S. auto sales through … Read more

Nvidia is little known despite topping $3 trillion in market cap

Nvidia is little known despite topping  trillion in market cap

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024.  Ann Wang | Reuters Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google were the four leading global brands at the end of 2023, according to consulting firm Interbrand. They’re are also four of the world’s five most valuable companies. … Read more

Jeep plug-in hybrid SUV sales expected to grow by 40% in 2024

Jeep plug-in hybrid SUV sales expected to grow by 40% in 2024

A Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) during the 2023 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in New York, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images NEW YORK – Jeep plans to grow U.S. sales of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by as much as 50% this year as … Read more