Photo: Scott Olson / Staff (Getty Images) For someone the press once called “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani sure has had a fall from grace. He’s been disbarred, sued and is now a national laughingstock. He also happens to owe a shit-ton of money to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two election workers he defamed following … Read more
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 5, 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. – Owen Bellwood Read More Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more
Bentley has pushed back its plans to have its entire lineup be fully electric only from 2030 to 2035, but the brand is still working hard on its first EV production model, which will be revealed in 2026 and go on sale in 2027. Not only will the new electric SUV be in a segment … Read more
Image: Scott Olson (Getty Images) It seems that the era of people willingly overpaying for new cars may be at an end as data shows that the number of people that willingly let dealers overcharge them for a shiny new piece of metal saw a decrease in the last year. What Car Should You Buy: … Read more
Photo: Chuck Homler d/b/a FocusOnWildlife / Wikimedia Commons The SS United States was once the fastest ocean liner on the planet, crossing the Atlantic Ocean eastbound in three days and ten hours in 1952. The rusting famed vessel will be heading to its final resting place next week, the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Last weekend at the Best of French and Italy show, one of my favorite automotive events in California, I spotted a window sticker on an obscure 1980s hatchback that made me laugh. It was on a Citroën LNA, a tiny ’lil thing based on the Peugeot 104 that was introduced in 1978 … Read more
A Honda HA-420, better known as the HondaJet, crashed outside of Phoenix, Arizona Tuesday, hitting a fence and finally colliding with a car. The crash took place at about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday evening at Falcon Field Airport in the city of Mesa, CNN reports. A spokesperson for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department has confirmed … Read more
Disgraced former mayor, lawyer and lackey Rudy Giuliani drove to his polling place this Election Day in the Mercedes-Benz 500SL formerly owned by actress Lauren Bacall. It’s the very same car he was supposed to have turned over as damages to the Georgia election workers he grievously wronged, but instead he hid the car somewhere … Read more
Photo: STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP (Getty Images) With space debris becoming an increasingly common threat in orbit, a change in aerospace design could be necessary. A wooden satellite designed by Japanese researchers was launched into orbit on Tuesday by SpaceX. The unique device will shape the future of satellites and how space agencies tackle human habitation on … Read more
A huge milestone in Suzuki’s 115-year-history just occurred: the Japanese automaker revealed its first electric production car. Called the E Vitara (stylized as e Vitara, but that looks annoying) it’s a small crossover that will be built in India and sold there as well as in Japan and Europe. Based on the eVX concept from … Read more
