Car Buying Is Hard When You’re Paying Student Loans

Car Buying Is Hard When You’re Paying Student Loans

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

Nearly 4,000 U.S. Dealers Beg Biden To ‘Slow Down’ EV Push

Nearly 4,000 U.S. Dealers Beg Biden To ‘Slow Down’ EV Push

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 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: Dealers Not On Board With Strong EV … Read more

Ford Slashes Battery Plant Output As EV Adoption Slows

Ford Slashes Battery Plant Output As EV Adoption Slows

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 22, 2023, 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 Ford Explorer Goes All-Electric, But Not For America 1st Gear: Ford Cuts Battery Plant Output By 43 … Read more

Warren Buffett’s Firm Backing Out Of GM Stocks An ‘Ominous’ Sign

Warren Buffett’s Firm Backing Out Of GM Stocks An ‘Ominous’ Sign

Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 16, 2023, 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. Valtteri Bottas Gets Excited About The Las Vegas Grand Prix | Jalopnik Chats 1st Gear: Warren Buffett Offloads … Read more

‘Sluggish’ EV Sales Kill VW’s Battery Plant Expansion

‘Sluggish’ EV Sales Kill VW’s Battery Plant Expansion

Good morning! It’s Friday, November 3, 2023, 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. 2023 Range Rover Sport | Quick Drive 1st Gear: VW Kills A Fourth Battery Plant In Europe Sales … Read more

Hurricane Idalia Flooding Can Cause EVs To Catch Fire Weeks After Storm

Hurricane Idalia Flooding Can Cause EVs To Catch Fire Weeks After Storm

Photo: Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno/Bloomberg (Getty Images) For many across the United States, hurricane season brings the possibility of effectively rendering your car a total loss. The proliferation of electric vehicles has added another element of danger: Saltwater-provoked lithium-ion battery fires. The Zeekr 001 Promises the Most Battery Range of Any EV at 641 Miles … Read more

Step Inside The Factory That Recycles 95 Percent Of EV Batteries

Step Inside The Factory That Recycles 95 Percent Of EV Batteries

The first EV to go on sale in the U.S. might have been way back in the 1890s, but it’s not been until more recently that the tech has taken off and been adopted by America’s motorists. Now, battery-powered models account for six percent of new car sales in the States and around three percent … Read more

What Car Would You Like To See Come Back From The Dead As An EV?

What Car Would You Like To See Come Back From The Dead As An EV?

Image: GM Every automaker seems all-in when it comes to electrics, no matter how badly they sell or pollute the environment in their own, special ways. Ford axed a bunch of gas models this week, Volkswagen Group and General Motors plan to cut off gas cars in 2035, and even Toyota is finally coming around … Read more