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
A surge in sales of electric vehicles in the final months of last year could continue well into 2025, as consumers continue to take advantage of federal tax incentives while they last, according to a report by the Associated Press. On the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Unleashing … Read more
These five innovations from CES, the annual consumer electronics trade show held in Las Vegas, could shape the future of cars. 1. Sony’s Afeela 1 The premium-priced car first broke cover a while back, but at CES, Sony announced the final specs, cost and delivery details for its first electric vehicle. Starting at US$89,000 for … Read more
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
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
Love them or hate them, but robotaxis have certainly been making headlines in 2024. And beyond the glamorous, sci-fi-inspired marketing around Tesla’s recently unveiled Cybercab robotaxi, safety has remained, in one way or another, a recurring theme. Earlier this year, a survey revealed a majority of the U.S. public, or 68%, brought up safety concerns … Read more
The Porsche Design Tower in Miami, built in 2014, is one of 35 luxury beachfront properties along the coast that a recent University of Miami study has found to have sunk by up to three inches into the unstable sandy earth. Three inches might not seem like a lot, but this is much faster than … Read more
Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends / Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends Waymo is taking its robotaxis out of the U.S. for the first time as the company begins expanding testing internationally. A fleet of its autonomous vehicles will be heading first to the busy streets of Tokyo early next year, Waymo announced on Monday. It’ll outsource servicing and management … Read more
The transition team of president-elect Donald Trump is planning to end existing car-crash reporting requirements to safety regulators, according to a Reuters report. The report cites a document obtained by Reuters which lays out the transition team’s 100-day strategy for automotive policy. In the document, the team says the crash-reporting requirement leads to “excessive” data … Read more
Waymo has been testing its driverless cars in Miami intermittently for the last five years, but now it’s making serious moves to launch a robotaxi service there. The Alphabet-owned company revealed on Thursday that it’ll start testing its Jaguar I-PACE autonomous cars on the streets of the city early next year, with the aim of … Read more
