Photo: Jaguar The most annoying and stupid people on the internet have been screaming about Jaguar’s “woke” rebrand for almost a month now, despite the teaser campaign being extremely typical fashion-adjacent stuff that’s fitting for the new concept’s launch happening at Miami Art Week, and the “Copy Nothing” tagline actually being the company founder Sir … Read more
Photo: Jim Watson/AFP (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 26, 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. – Andy Kalmowitz Read More Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more
Three people have been killed in India after the route they were following on Google Maps reportedly took them over the edge of a damaged bridge. The three men drove off the bridge crossing the Ramganga River in northern India, despite the span being badly damaged earlier this year. – Owen Bellwood Read More Read … Read more
After dealing with things like arrests over false complaints of rental thefts and a bad EV bet that’s seen a massive sale of a bunch of cheap Teslas, Hertz has another problem on its hands, at least at one of its locations. Workers at a Hertz in Syracuse, New York, abandoned their posts, resulting in … Read more
If you want your car to have all-out straight line speed, your best move now is to get the instant-on torque of an EV — but which EV? To help you through this truly difficult and oh-so-common buying question, the folks over at DragTimes have compiled a helpful guide: A drag race between the Lucid … Read more
Photo: Zach Bowman Jason was very excited to finally get the very cool and retro-styled Ford Bronco, but then he realized that the functional space wasn’t much different than his ten-year-old CR-V. He wants to consider some other options in the 4×4 space, so what car should he buy? – Tom McParland Read More Read … Read more
Image: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) A Tennessee State Trooper arrested two drivers for DUI last year, however it was later revealed that neither tested at above legal limit. An ongoing investigation shows this sort of wrongful arrest isn’t limited to one bad cop, and an overburdened review process is costing people their time, livelihoods and … Read more
Tesla claims its Cybertruck is built for any planet, and that it’s durable enough to go anywhere and tackle anything, but its owner’s manual says that its hitch assembly is only designed to support vertical loads up to 160 pounds. That’s less than the weight of the average American female. WhistlinDiesel’s Cybertruck… Read more… Read … Read more
An aerial view of a Tesla Cybertruck being driven on July 24, 2024 in Burbank, California (not the Cybertruck mentioned in the story)Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Stainless steel often proves to be anything but—anyone with stainless steel appliances can tell you that—but the Tesla Cybertruck’s steel body panels have made a mockery of the … Read more
Genesis G70Image: Genesis I was recently driving a sleek Genesis G70 sedan and noticed that the 19” wheels on it looked like a stick-tortoise trying to escape from a starfish caught in a giant whirling asterisk. Compelled, I Googled the designs of other Genesis wheels and discovered that they were similarly complex, fractalized, and animal-inspired, … Read more
