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

Refreshed Volvo XC90 Is A Smart Update For An Aging Crossover

Refreshed Volvo XC90 Is A Smart Update For An Aging Crossover

The Volvo EX90 is a ridiculously comfortable, quiet and luxurious electric vehicle, but what if you aren’t quite ready to go fully electric? Well, that’s where the XC90 comes in. It’s been refreshed with new styling and a new infotainment system, and while those changes aren’t exactly revolutionary, they should make the XC90 more desirable. … Read more

Volkswagen Has ‘One, Maybe Two’ Years To Turn Itself Around

Volkswagen Has ‘One, Maybe Two’ Years To Turn Itself Around

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 4, 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. 1st Gear: Volkswagen Could Soon Be In Deep Trouble Volkswagen is in deep shit. Now, its finance chief … Read more

What Is The Best-Looking Car On Sale Today?

What Is The Best-Looking Car On Sale Today?

Photo: Genesis Maybe it’s a sign that at the ripe old age of 28 I’m becoming jaded, but I don’t think many modern cars look as good as they did just a few years or restyles ago. When car designers are asked to design a new vehicle, they have to remember that aerodynamic efficiency, safety, … Read more

Ford’s Warranty Costs Rose $800 Million In The Second Quarter

Ford’s Warranty Costs Rose 0 Million In The Second Quarter

Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 25, 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. BMW F 900 GS And BMW CE 02: What Do You Want To Know? 1st Gear: Warranty Costs … Read more

Polestar 5 Was Never Going To Get The Precept’s Awesome Coach Doors

Polestar 5 Was Never Going To Get The Precept’s Awesome Coach Doors

When Polestar unveiled its Precept concept the slick styling and sustainable interior was almost overshadowed by one feature: the car’s coach doors. These awesome doors looked great and opened the concept’s cabin up to the elements. The car is now heading for production as the new Polestar 5, but those sleek doors are nowhere to … Read more

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

Concept BST Is An Even More Hardcore Polestar 6

Concept BST Is An Even More Hardcore Polestar 6

Photo: Polestar Polestar appropriately revealed a fast-looking new concept based on the 6 called the Concept BST this week at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed. 2024 Polestar 2: Your Questions, Answered It’s been almost two years since we first saw the Polestar 6. Based on the O2 concept that we saw earlier in the year, the … Read more

Americans Bought More Than 40,000 Cars That Were Built In China In The First Half Of 2024

Americans Bought More Than 40,000 Cars That Were Built In China In The First Half Of 2024

Photo: Lincoln For years now automakers, politicians and car enthusiasts alike have been ranting about how Chinese automakers are coming to ruin our country and the auto industry as a whole. While we have yet to see any Chinese companies enter the U.S. market and start selling cars here, a handful of existing brands have … Read more

GM Fined $146 Million After Millions Of Cars Failed Emissions Tests

GM Fined 6 Million After Millions Of Cars Failed Emissions Tests

Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 4, 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. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Almost 6 Million GM Cars Released Excess … Read more