Happy Tuesday! It’s January 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. 1st Gear: Driving Is Just Too Expensive Every year, the average transaction prices for cars creep ever higher. It’s … Read more
Some members of the automotive press were bamboozled by a Toyota press release and accompanying conference last week. The story was that, in order to promote the company’s electrified offerings, Toyota had released an AI companion named Electra — an AI that immediately went off the rails and began talking about Toyota’s hesitancy to embrace … Read more
Toyota closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São Paolo, Brazil, lasting over 60 years. The plant was home to a Komatsu 700-ton press that predates Toyota’s carmaking business itself. And now that the … Read more
Happy Friday! It’s January 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Hertz Is Selling A Third Of Its … Read more
Happy Thursday! It’s January 11, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Student Loans Are Getting In The Way … Read more
Nagoya – Police sent prosecutors investigative papers Friday for eight current and one retired police officer in central Japan over alleged inappropriate treatment that led to the death of a detained man suffering from chronic diseases late last year. The allegations the nine face include professional negligence resulting in the death of the 43-year-old man, … Read more
Nagoya – A group of officers based at a central Japan police station are expected to be referred to prosecutors over allegations they failed to make adequate medical care available to a detained man who suffered chronic diseases, leading to his death late last year, an investigative source said Tuesday. The case of the 43-year-old … Read more
This butt plug, sorry, “pear-shaped boiling flask” contains the solid-state electrolyte that Toyota claims will give us 900-mile EVsPhoto: Toyota Toyota is still moving forward with its plan to produce solid-state batteries that it says will give future electric vehicles a range of more than 900 miles. And while production won’t exactly start tomorrow, the … Read more