Good morning! It’s Monday, March 18, 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: We Need To Sell Way More EVs Slowly but surely, electric cars are filling our streets … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, February 20, 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. Even EVs Can’t Get A Break From The Heat 1st Gear: European Carmakers Could Form Alliance To Fend … Read more
Much like my heart rate during last night’s Super Bowl, used electric vehicle prices are all over the place, and it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon. Analysts tell Automotive News that used EV prices will continue to fluctuate, and it’s up to automakers to launch affordable EVs before the current ones hit … Read more
It’s him! He’s the one that told me not to buy an EV. Photo: Kate Green (Getty Images) In recent years, all kinds of clever people have tried to find out why the electric vehicle revolution hasn’t quite taken off yet. It’s the multi-billion dollar question that needs answering before more automakers start cutting production … Read more
Despite a big push from the automakers, electric vehicles are not flying off the lots. Of course, the updated tax rules disqualifying many EVs from additional savings aren’t helping. If you’re in the market for an EV, though, there are still some deals to be scored — but you might be better off leasing it. … Read more
Image: Polestar There has been a lot of doom and gloom about EV adoption slowing down in the U.S. market lately. Sure, the electric segment hasn’t exploded here like it has in other countries, but just under 1.2 million new EVs were sold in 2023, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. A record 7.6 percent … Read more
The United Kingdom sure seemed to be heading towards encouraging walkable communities, typically referred to as 15-minute cities. However, the ruling Conservative Party government made a U-turn on the policy direction and started promoting driving seemingly based on almost nothing but conspiracy theories, the Guardian reports. Even the country’s transport minister Mark Harper has made … Read more
Photo: John Keeble (Getty Images) The Environmental Protection Agency has been the non-partisan adjudicator of vehicle emissions and fuel mileage in the United States for over 50 years. With the rise in electric vehicle sales, range has become a crucial selling point for customers. The EPA goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that its figures … Read more
The ever-evolving electric vehicle landscape and lingering skepticism about going green has forced automakers to get creative with their marketing and sales strategies. Microleasing, according to Bloomberg, is the latest way to get butts in seats. The whole goal is to just get a prospective EV buyer behind the wheel of an EV while they … Read more
When the world shut down in early 2020, the whole idea of “driving a car” ground to a halt for a lot of people. All those hours that would’ve been spent commuting, stuck in traffic, were now spent at home nurturing sourdough starter. But while the amount Americans drive has yet to reach the heights of … Read more