Alfa Romeo Hopes Scrapping All-Electric Plans Will Make Americans Care Again

Alfa Romeo Hopes Scrapping All-Electric Plans Will Make Americans Care Again

Good morning! It’s Monday, January 27, 2025, 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 Chrysler 300C Ends Production 1st Gear: Alfa Romeo Rolls Out ‘Multi-Energy’ Approach It’s a tumultuous time for … Read more

Man Nearly Misses Flight After Waymo Taxi Wouldn’t Stop Circling A Parking Lot

Man Nearly Misses Flight After Waymo Taxi Wouldn’t Stop Circling A Parking Lot

Now that GM’s Cruise is gone, it seems that Alphabet’s Waymo is starting to have more and more issues of its own. The latest issue with its driverless cars affected a man in Los Angeles who almost missed his flight because his Waymo wouldn’t stop circling a parking lot. What’s The Best Navigational App? | … Read more

Man Attempts To Hijack Self-Driving Taxi, Gets Ride From The LAPD Instead

Man Attempts To Hijack Self-Driving Taxi, Gets Ride From The LAPD Instead

Anyone who has ever asked a stranger in a coffee shop to watch their laptop knows unattended tech makes an enticing target for thieves. Waymo got yet another reminder of this fact this week after a man in downtown LA attempted to take over one of its driverless cars. What’s The Best Navigational App? | … Read more

GM Bails On Cruise To Focus On Super Cruise After Burning Billions On Robotaxi Development

GM Bails On Cruise To Focus On Super Cruise After Burning Billions On Robotaxi Development

Photo: Shutterstock/Phil Pasquini (Shutterstock) General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi mapping unit returned to the Bay Area in September, about a year after one of its cars hit a pedestrian. That didn’t last long, though, as GM announced today that it “plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on … Read more

Are self-driving cars the death of car ownership?

Are self-driving cars the death of car ownership?

Self-driving cars are coming. It remains to be seen how long that will take. Plenty of vehicles can more or less drive themselves on highways, but for now, they still can’t completely reliably drive themselves on all streets, in all conditions, taking into account all different variables. One thing is clear, though: the tech industry … Read more

Jim Cramer Advises Against Buying Tesla Stock, So I Guess It’s Going Up Forever

Jim Cramer Advises Against Buying Tesla Stock, So I Guess It’s Going Up Forever

Jim Cramer, the CNBC finance host with such bad takes they sparked an Inverse Cramer movement, has a new message for retail investors: Tesla screwed up its robotaxi launch, and now isn’t the time to go putting your money into Elon Musk’s no-longer-a-car company. Given Cramer’s history, this can only mean that Tesla is going … Read more

Defense Attorney Blames Mustang Mach-E’s Blue Cruise For Fatal DUI Crash

Defense Attorney Blames Mustang Mach-E’s Blue Cruise For Fatal DUI Crash

As Pennsylvania police announced double homicide charges against a woman for a fatal March DUI crash, they mentioned she was using some of the driver-assistance functions that can be found in her car, a Ford Mustang Mach-E. State and federal investigators say the woman’s crossover struck a stationary vehicle of a man who had stopped … Read more

China Gives First Approvals for Public Trials of Advanced Autonomous Driving

China Gives First Approvals for Public Trials of Advanced Autonomous Driving

Published By: Shahrukh Shah Last Updated: June 04, 2024, 18:27 IST Representational image. (Photo: The EV Report) The tests of so-called level three autonomous driving technologies will be carried out by BYD, Nio and major state-owned manufacturers such as Changan Automobile, GAC and SAIC. China has granted approval to the first group of nine automakers … Read more

Wild Car Features, Very Smart Brain Geniuses And Bears In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup

Wild Car Features, Very Smart Brain Geniuses And Bears In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup

Photo: Christian Marquardt (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Monday, May 6, 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

Ford Mustang Mach-E under investigation over self-driving crashes

Ford Mustang Mach-E under investigation over self-driving crashes

Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced an investigation into reports that certain self-driving vehicles from Ford are prone to crashing into stationary cars. To date, the NHTSA has documented two incidents where Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles crashed into stationary cars that “were located within the travel lanes of controlled-access highways.” Tragically, both … Read more