Good morning! It’s Wednesday, May 29, 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 New VW ID.3 Looks Great, But Won’t Come to the U.S. 1st Gear: Tesla Settles Deadly Model … Read more
Good morning! It’s Chewsday, May 21, 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: VinFast Crash That Killed Four Sparks Probe The National Highway Traffic … Read more
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
India’s electric vehicle (EV) sector received a major shot in the arm with the central government’s approval of a much-anticipated policy package.The new e-vehicle policy approved by the centre will attract investments from renowned global EV manufacturers. Now, let’s take a quick look at the key points of this new EV policy and how it … Read more
Tesla rival VinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker, has requested that India reduce import duties on its cars for a temporary period of two years. The company is currently in the process of building a manufacturing plant in the state of Tamil Nadu, with production expected to begin by mid-next year. VinFast aims to first … Read more
Chief Minister MK Stalin has laid the foundation stone for the construction of Vietnamese EV manufacturer VinFast Auto’s facility for vehicles and batteries in Tamil Nadu, marking a significant investment of Rs 16,000 crore. The company is a notable competitor to Elon Musk-led Tesla, which also plans to establish its presence in India following discussions … Read more
VinFast is having a pretty brutal time right now, but that hasn’t stopped the nascent Vietnamese automaker from being optimistic about its future. Sure, it managed to have a $650.1 million net loss in the last quarter of 2023, and sure it sold fewer than 35,000 vehicles all of last year, but that isn’t going … Read more
A slow trickle of Cybertrucks are making their ways into American’s hands, though the roll out has not been without some speed bumps—especially when it comes to that “stainless” steel body. It’s that same body that has provoked questions about the crash worthiness of the Cybertruck. Unfortunately, it’s a question we won’t have the answer … Read more
VinFast, a small automaker from Vietnam, faces an uphill battle to establish a foothold in the American car market. An unknown name with less-than-stellar product reviews and a reputation for putting critics in jail doesn’t bode well for sales. By offering what is now “the cheapest lease on the market” Vinfast seems to finally understand … Read more
Happy Thursday! It’s January 18, 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. BMW 3T Electric Gravel Bike | Jalopnik Reviews 1st Gear: BMW Wants To Compete With Tesla’s Robot, … Read more