The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 15, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: The Car Recall System Is Badly Broken Proposed … Read more

I’m Looking For A Fun Commuter Car With An Electric Boost! What Should I Buy?

I’m Looking For A Fun Commuter Car With An Electric Boost! What Should I Buy?

Matt is a high school teacher in Oklahoma. He is looking for an enjoyable commuter car that is also comfortable for the family. Ideally, it would be some kind of EV or plug-in. With a firm budget of up to $50,000, what car should he buy? 2023 Kia EV6 GT | Jalopnik Reviews (Welcome back … Read more

Elon Musk Pitches EVs To Disinterested Republicans During Trump Interview

Elon Musk Pitches EVs To Disinterested Republicans During Trump Interview

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, August 13, 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. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived 1st Gear: Elon Musk Can’t Sell Donald Trump’s Vision Tesla CEO Elon Musk … Read more

Mercedes-Benz S 63 E Performance launched in India at Rs 3.3 crore: Most powerful S-Class ever

Mercedes-Benz S 63 E Performance launched in India at Rs 3.3 crore: Most powerful S-Class ever

Mercedes-Benz India today announced the launch of the Mercedes-Benz S 63 E Performance in the Indian market with prices starting from Rs 3.3 crores. The luxury sports sedan is now the flagship in the S-Class range and is the most powerful S-Class ever. It’s also the second plug-in hybrid Mercedes in India after the GT63 … Read more

Cadillac Doesn’t Plan To Offer Any Hybrids

Cadillac Doesn’t Plan To Offer Any Hybrids

Image: Cadillac GM is rethinking its EV investment and finally coming around to what Toyota seems to be selling a ton of: hybrids. The first of these hybrids were needed yesterday, but we won’t be seeing them until 2027. That’s when every GM division will roll out a hybrid or plug-in hybrid model. Just don’t … Read more

Plug-In Hybrid Sales Are Outpacing EVs

Plug-In Hybrid Sales Are Outpacing EVs

Good morning! It’s Friday, March 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. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Plug-In Hybrids Are Outpacing EV Sales Electric … Read more

American Automakers Doing What They Can To Avoid Building EVs

American Automakers Doing What They Can To Avoid Building EVs

Happy Friday! It’s March 15, 2024 — the Ides of March — 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. GM Just Cant Seem To Quit The Chevy Bolt 1st Gear: U.S. Automakers … Read more

We Tried A New Tool That Provides Actual EV Battery Health Data. It Could Change The Used EV Market

We Tried A New Tool That Provides Actual EV Battery Health Data. It Could Change The Used EV Market

Buying a used EV or hybrid can be risky since there is no way to truly know the health and potential remaining longevity of these cars’ integral batteries. Or, at least that was the case until recently. A new product called vsNEW is currently aimed at dealers, but the team is considering making it publicly … Read more

Greenest Car In America Isn’t Electric Vehicle, It’s A Plug-In

Greenest Car In America Isn’t Electric Vehicle, It’s A Plug-In

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, March 13, 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 2023 Dodge Challenger Swinger Edition Was The Most Fun Car Of The Year 1st Gear: Plug-In Hybrid … Read more

Jeep Knew About Wrangler 4xe PHEV Fire Risk And Kept Selling Them Anyway: Lawsuit

Jeep Knew About Wrangler 4xe PHEV Fire Risk And Kept Selling Them Anyway: Lawsuit

Back in November, Stellantis recalled over 32,000 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrids for a risk of fire, even going so far as to tell owners not to park near flammable structures until the vehicles can be fixed. It’s not the first time the 4xe models have been recalled for battery issues, and a new suit … Read more