Good morning! It’s Friday, November 1, 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. Steve’s Ideal Winter Car Is, Of Course, a Subaru BRZ 1st Gear: The Future Of EVs Depends On … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, October 31, 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. Ford Has Built 150,000 Mustang Mach-Es Already 1st Gear: F-150 Lightning Plant To Idle In Mid-November We’re starting … Read more
Photo: Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik Update July 2, 2024, 1:20 PM: Volvo reached out to Jalopnik to clarify that, while some customers have returned vehicles for a refund, the EX30 remains on sale in the UK. A company representative stated: “The EX30 continues to be sold in the UK and with more than 4,500 already … Read more
We miss the Honda Fit. We really do. It was an inexpensive subcompact, sure, but it was also so much better than it had any right to be, and it more or less made the competition irrelevant. There were less-expensive alternatives, but they just didn’t havethe level of charm, practicality and refinement of the Fit. … Read more
Ford CEO Jim Farley wants the industry to stop viewing hybrid vehicles as only an interim solution to be used until drivers are comfortable going fully electric. “We should stop talking about it as transitional technology,” Farley said of hybrids at a Bernstein analyst conference on Thursday. Plug-in hybrids, which include a small battery that … Read more
Photo: Ford Motor Company Ford still has high ambitions for its electric vehicle projects despite slashing battery production amid slowing EV sales last year. Ford’s Tesla-envying CEO Jim Farley stated during an earnings call yesterday that a new low-cost EV platform was in the works, aiming to compete directly with the Elon Musk-led automaker in … Read more
