Weekend News Roundup April 06, 2024

Weekend News Roundup April 06, 2024

Photo: NurPhoto / Contributor (Getty Images) There’s been a lot of talk about Tesla lately, but it has mostly been focused on the Cybertruck. The conversation hasn’t always been positive, but hey, at least people have been talking about Tesla. And all coverage is good for the company, right? Not necessarily. Tesla released its results … Read more

Mid-Grade Gas’ Whole Deal, Toyota Scam And Tesla Cybertruck Check Lists On The Best Car Culture This Week

Mid-Grade Gas’ Whole Deal, Toyota Scam And Tesla Cybertruck Check Lists On The Best Car Culture This Week

Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik I’m not much of an audiophile. Don’t get me wrong, I’m constantly listening to music and love going to live shows, and I’m always excited by a fancy sound system in a car. But in my personal life, I’m fine to just stick with my Apple headphones and my big TV’s built-in … Read more

These Stories Of Car Finance Mayhem And Terrible Advice Are Hard To Stomach

These Stories Of Car Finance Mayhem And Terrible Advice Are Hard To Stomach

Image: Ford We’ve seen some wild things happen to car prices these last few years. Cars both new and used have seen prices and values fluctuate. One thing is forever constant though, and that’s the seller who’s going to remain firm in the believe that they know what they have, so they can ask for … Read more

‘Extremely Dumb’ Arson Attack Means Tesla’s German Plant Won’t Have Power For 10 More Days

‘Extremely Dumb’ Arson Attack Means Tesla’s German Plant Won’t Have Power For 10 More Days

Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 7, 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: Arsonists Shut Down German Tesla Plant For Weeks Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany isn’t expected to have … Read more

electric cars: Most of the new cars to hit Indian roads next fiscal may be electric

electric cars: Most of the new cars to hit Indian roads next fiscal may be electric

A dozen out of 14 new car brands slated for launch in the next financial year will be electric as carmakers align themselves to the government’s aim of having a third of sales powered by battery electric vehicles (BEVs) by 2030. However, the new nameplates are unlikely to become a major driver in boosting overall … Read more

Tesla reveals target date for new electric vehicle launch

Tesla reveals target date for new electric vehicle launch

Tesla is targeting 2025 for the launch of a mass-market compact crossover, with speculation growing that it could be the automaker’s best-priced vehicle yet. Following Wednesday’s publication of a Reuters report claiming that Tesla has been informing suppliers of its plan to launch its first new vehicle since the Cybertruck last year, Tesla chief Elon … Read more

VinFast, Maker Of A Bad Crossover, Wants To Make A Pickup Truck

VinFast, Maker Of A Bad Crossover, Wants To Make A Pickup Truck

Photo: Andy Kalmowitz/Jalopnik VinFast is, by all accounts, not a particularly serious automaker. Sure, many of its cars are genuinely nice-looking machines, but that curb appeal starts to wear off when you actually climb behind the wheel — the vehicles are simply not ready for prime time. Of course, rather than address these faults, VinFast … Read more

VinFast Will Try And Sell Its Tiny VF3 SUV In The U.S. With 125-Mile Range For Under $20,000

VinFast Will Try And Sell Its Tiny VF3 SUV In The U.S. With 125-Mile Range For Under ,000

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

VinFast Reportedly Called The Cops On Another Critic And Got Him Arrested

VinFast Reportedly Called The Cops On Another Critic And Got Him Arrested

Photo: VinFast VinFast has a problem. The VF8 isn’t very good. In fact, it’s quite bad. That’s made it hard to convince actual people to buy its cars. If you live in Vietnam and happen to point that out, apparently VinFast’s solution is to simply call the cops on you, as Sonnie Tran, a social … Read more

How to watch Tesla’s Cybertruck event if you missed it

How to watch Tesla’s Cybertruck event if you missed it

Four years after unveiling it, Tesla has finally delivered the first Cybertruck pickups to buyers. Led by Tesla chief Elon Musk, the glitzy presentation event took place on Thursday at the automaker’s Gigafactory Texas in Austin. Tesla live-streamed the event on X (formerly Twitter), and you can watch it below. While the video lasts for … Read more