Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik While Rolls-Royce Cullinans, Dawns, Ghosts and Wraiths are a dime a dozen in Los Angeles, it’s still pretty rare to see a Phantom. It’s hard to think of a new car with more road presence then the current Phantom VIII generation, and that’s partially just because of the sheer size of the … Read more
I’m a fan of little funky cars, so I was stoked when I learned that Fiat was bringing its new 500e to the United States. For a company whose only other offerings are leftover 2023 model year 500X crossovers, you’d think Fiat would lay down some good deals on the tiny new electric 500 to attract … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, May 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’s Tesla Pay Package Faces A Ton Of Legal Hurdles In … Read more
It’s been more than three years since we first saw the electric Renault 5 Concept. At the time, it wasn’t entirely clear whether or not the reborn 5 would make it to production, but now, it’s officially here. Well, not here as in the U.S. Odds are, we still won’t get the new Renault 5 … Read more
2024 Fiat 500eImage: Stellantis Stellantis is going to have two one-vehicle brands in the US in 2024: one is Chrysler and the other is Fiat. After an era of seemingly throwing things at the wall to see what sticks, the brand will go back down to selling a single vehicle in the U.S. in the … Read more
Photo: Mercedes-Benz As cars have become more technologically advanced, traditional auto shows have become less important. In their place, automakers are largely focusing on events like the Consumer Electronics Show, and this year was no different. Thankfully, people finally realized that non-fungible tokens are stupid, so this year, companies went all-in on a new trend — … Read more
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday embattled Vietnamese car company VinFast brought the Jabbawockeez dance crew onstage to unveil its new pickup truck, the Wild. While that pickup is just a concept for now, VinFast also used its CES presentation to formally announce that its super small, super cute and hopefully … Read more
The first Fiat 500e was an adorably half-hearted attempt at producing an electric version of the Italian icon, but a brand new second-generation 500e debuted a few years ago for European markets that brought major improvements. Now, Fiat has finally released U.S. details for the 2024 Fiat 500e, which will go on sale in a … Read more
Image: Ample Stellantis and Ample are beginning a new battery swapping partnership by servicing a car-sharing fleet of Fiat 500e EVs in Madrid, Spain. The proposed site is slated to open in 2024, and the modular battery-swapping tech should expand to privately-owned Fiat 500s before potentially developing other Stellantis EVs to work with this system … Read more
Image: Stellantis We need more cheap EVs. That’s not just a matter of opinion; for EV adoption to work people have to be able to afford to buy them. Some automakers are coming around to selling cheaper EVs. Volvo is promising a starting price under $40,000 with its coming EX30, Kia plans two new affordable … Read more