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
Image: Bowlus Bowlus, manufacturer of ultra high-end luxury towables, has been testing the tow range of popular electric trucks and SUVs since the Tesla Model X first launched in 2015. The company’s top-of-the-line Volterra model is an all-electric camp trailer with 17 kWh of onboard power, which can provide an emergency charge to EVs in … Read more
We all know how scummy tow companies can be. From forging a drivers signature to targeting low income people, anytime we think they can’t go any lower they do. Now we have more proof of how terrible many tow companies are by way of Reddit. Portal Axle Kit Turns Your Ford Bronco Into a Monster … Read more
Screenshot: ABC7 Bay Area Oakland, California is struggling to deal with a deluge of abandoned vehicles across the city. According to the Oakland Department of Transportation, 13,856 cars were reported abandoned over a six-month period in 2023. The city ran out of space in its storage lots and is renting even more room to hold … Read more
Screenshot: WHAS A truck driver in Louisville, Kentucky will have one hell of a story to tell after his rig crashed through the barriers lining the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge on Friday. Louisville Metro Police stated that the Sysco tractor-trailer was involved in a collision before the cab was left dangling 70 feet over … Read more
American drivers have a tough time with rail crossings, whether it’s due to faulty safety equipment at the railway or haphazard drivers who think there’s still time to make it. It’s because of things like this that the country had more than 2,200 collisions at grade level crossings last year. Now, another driver added to … Read more
Photo: NYC Mayor’s Office New York City unveiled the prototype for a new garbage truck on Thursday, but it seemed like Mayor Eric Adams was opening a new subway line by the way he arrived at the press conference. I have a fair bit of municipal pride, but it was ridiculous. The unpopular elected official … Read more
Screenshot: NBC10 Boston A New Hampshire woman is expected to survive her injuries after she fell into a dumpster on Monday at her housing complex while taking out her trash. Portal Axle Kit Turns Your Ford Bronco Into a Monster Truck The woman was flung into the back of a trash truck along with the … Read more
Gif: Grant County Sheriff’s Office A truck hauling circus animals caught fire along Interstate 69 in Grant County, Indiana, prompting police to close the highway amid a frenzied rescue. The Indiana State Police joined the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and few other agencies to save the circus animals aboard the burning trailer, including camels, zebras … Read more
Towing companies arriving unannounced at the scene of an accident only to do some shady shit seems to be a recurring theme. It’s the perfect grift unfortunately and it’s happened again, this time to a big rig driver in the Windy City, as Chicago’s WGN9 reports. Portal Axle Kit Turns Your Ford Bronco Into a … Read more
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