Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftElon Will Answer To Tesla's Investors And Analysts This WeekPlus Ford, GM and Stellantis are doing much better, and VW catches a $7 million fine for mistreating its customersByErin MarquisPublishedOctober 21, 2024Comments (40)
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Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftElon Musk Gives Over $70 Million To His Donald Trump-Supporting PACPlus, the White House wants Stellantis to deliver on what it promised despite its financial issues, and a GM wheel…ByAndy KalmowitzPublishedOctober 17, 2024Comments (34)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftIt Would Be Illegal For Elon Musk To Mass Produce Tesla’s Cybercab Right NowPlus Elon Musk is back campaigning for Trump and Tesla gets the green light to expand its factory in Europe despite…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedOctober 16, 2024Comments (15)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftU.S. Hits EV Record As Global Electric Car Sales Rise 30 PercentPlus Stelantis CEO warns of the risks of slowing the electric vehicle transition and Tesla’s Cybercab reveal turned…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedOctober 15, 2024Comments (46)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftMore And More Americans Don't Believe EVs Are Good For The PlanetPlus Ineos has been forced to pause production of the Grenadier “indefinitely” and layoffs are looming at StellantisByOwen BellwoodPublishedSeptember 25, 2024Comments (123)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftBMW Recalls 1.5 Million Cars After Two-Year Probe Into Braking IssuesPlus new figures show that we’re driving more than ever and the United Auto Workers union is braced for bargaining…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedSeptember 16, 2024Comments (15)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning Shift‘Disaster Has Arrived’ At Stellantis As Dealers Call Out Damage Done To BrandsPlus the U.S. just passed a law limiting support for Chinese EV tech and regulators have launched a probe into…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedSeptember 13, 2024Comments (81)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftAlmost 800,000 Jeep Wrangler And Gladiator Trucks Probed Over Engine FiresPlus global electric car sales are up after China became the first country to sell a million a month and Nissan is…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedSeptember 12, 2024Comments (14)
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Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftGM To White Collar Workers: Get With The EV Program Or You're OutPlus, the European Union is cutting Tesla, a few others a break on Chinese tariffs and BMW expects a lackluster 2024.ByAndy KalmowitzPublishedSeptember 10, 2024Comments (60)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftTesla Workers Trained Autopilot To Ignore Road Signs So It Didn't Drive Like 'Robot That’s Just Following Rules'Plus Stellantis forced to recall more than a million cars over braking issues and Boeing avoids strike action at…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedSeptember 9, 2024Comments (71)
Car CultureThe Morning ShiftCar CultureThe Morning ShiftToyota Slashes Its Already Low EV TargetsPlus NHTSA just brought an enormous probe into 1.3 million GM vehicles to an end and Japan plows billions into new…ByOwen BellwoodPublishedSeptember 6, 2024Comments (23)
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