Trump Does Tesla A Favor, Plans To Make It Easier For Self-Driving Cars To Hit The Road
Good morning! It’s Monday, November 18, 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.
Australian Company Wants EV Owners To Volunteer Their Cars As Generators When Natural Disasters Hit
Vehicle-to-load tech is going to be a game changer in emergencies. The ability to power things simply using your car can literally save lives depending on the situation. One Australian company is incentivizing EV owners to share that technology with their fellow countrymen when natural disasters strike.
Traffic Jams: The Avalanches - 'Because I'm Me'
Hey there. Life isn’t always going to go your way. Sometimes you’ll be down, out, or even some combination of the two, and you might start wondering what to do with this hand you’ve been dealt. Well, here’s your advice: Play it. Put on your best pair of shoes. Because you’re you.
Check Your Engine Bay For Giant Snakes
The owner of a Chevrolet Silverado truck got a fright last week when they found an enormous boa constrictor snake hiding in their engine bay last week. Firefighters in Arizona were called to the scene to remove the snake, which had reportedly slithered into the engine bay looking to warm up.
A Rope And A Milk Carton Make The Only Fake EV Sound You Need
With the pivot to electric power, debates have raged for years around all kinds of aspects of electric vehicle ownership: how much range do you need? How long should it take to charge? How much should it cost? But one argument has raged fiercer than the rest: what should an electric vehicle sound like? Now, the owner…
At $3,600, Will This 1985 Volvo 245DL Go The Distance?
If you only ever buy one car for the rest of your life, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo could be a strong contender to be that car. Let’s see what such a commitment might just cost.
MAGA Cars, Automotive Gimmicks And Cars That Could Save Stellantis In This Week's QOTD Roundup
Elon Musk will be in charge of the federal budget next year, from which he’s promised to cut a truly impossible amount of money. But you don’t find $2 trillion just by cutting your entire staff so nothing works except your burned-out employees — you need to take more drastic measures, like cutting the things that cost…
City-Ruining Self-Driving Cars And The Billionaires Who Love Them In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup
Despite the constant debunking of UFO sightings, skeptics and grifters claim that aliens have visited Earth in vehicles beyond human comprehension but decided not to implode the planet to build an interstellar bypass. These so-called experts were again given a platform in Congress at a House Oversight hearing on…
Depreciating Porsche Taycan And A 'Cheap' Mercedes-AMG GT In This Week's Car Buying Roundup
If you’ve got high-end sports car dreams but premium hot hatch money, you may want to take a trip to the UK. There, you’ll find what’s likely the cheapest Mercedes-AMG GT currently on the market, offered for about the same price as a new 2025 Honda Civic Type R. - Lawrence Hodge Read More
Tesla Hits A Trillion, Guy Destroys Cars Dressed As Bear And Trump Hates Buses In This Week's Car Culture Roundup
Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 14, 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. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Dodge Focuses On Gas-Powered Charger Meanwhile There's Plenty Still For Sale From 2 Years Ago In This Week's News Roundup
Dodge apparently knows not many folks are terribly excited about its upcoming electric Charger coupe and sedan, so it’s reportedly pushing up the release date of the gas-powered Charger Sixpack by five months. It was originally slated to debut in late 2025, but it’s now looking like they’ll be hitting the dealers in…
Michael Schumacher Made History In This Ferrari And Now Some Talentless Jabroni Is Going To Buy It
You don’t have a fraction of the talent that Michael Schumacher held in his left pinky finger, but if you have enough money you can buy the car he used to win his final races. Fighting tooth-and-nail with eventual champion Fernando Alonso in 2006, Schumi used this chassis as a tool to win the San Marino, European,…
Are You A Cybertruck Owner With A Degradation Kink? We Want To Hear From You
The Tesla Cybertruck has had a rough launch. It’s had six recalls already, it gets damaged by stickers, and it’s become a laughingstock nationwide. On TikTok, in the news, Cybertruck owners are ridiculed at every turn. It raises the question: Is that why you bought one? If so, we want to talk.
Teslas Are The Most Fatal Cars On The Road, Study Finds
Tesla has the deadliest cars on the road today. According to a new study from iSeeCars, Tesla vehicles have the highest fatal crash rate among all vehicle brands in the United States. The organization analyzed data from the U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Jaguar's $125,000 Electric Four-Door GT Has Supervillain Proportions And I'm So Here For It
As of right now, Jaguar only has one car on sale in the U.S. and none in its home country, as the brand is gearing up for a total overhaul that will see Jaguar go upmarket and fully electric. The first Jag of the new era will be a four-door luxury GT with a starting price of around $125,000, and this week the company…
Texas Influencer's DUI Arrest Leads To Spider Monkey Confiscation, And Now She Wants Him Back
Dallas police reportedly arrested Texas-based influencer Brandi Botello Saturday morning on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Oddly enough, while the police didn’t name Botello in their statement, the influencer later contacted NBC Dallas Fort Worth to identify herself. Why? Because, following her arrest,…
World's Largest Battery Manufacturer Says Elon Musk 'Doesn't Know How To Make A Battery'
Tesla introduced its 4680 battery during a massive “Battery Day” event in late 2020, with company CEO Elon Musk then saying the new battery would more than halve the cost to produce batteries for its cars. This was important for Tesla’s plan to build a $25,000 entry-level EV. The battery exists and has been used to…
QAnon-Like Conspiracies That Musk Used Starlink To Steal U.S. Election Won't Stop Spreading
After running a campaign built on nothing more than bigotry and empty promises, Donald Trump won the election. As you can imagine, anyone who still has something resembling a moral center has a problem with that, but unfortunately for all of us, the internet has apparently chosen baseless conspiracy theories instead.…
California Drivers Complain This DMV Look-A-Like Site Is Tricking Them
Drivers across California are complaining about a website that looks like it is related to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles and offers DMV services. Only thing is, it’s not the DMV, and it’s been charging customers ridiculous fees for the services it offers.
Airbus A380 Flew Nearly 300 Hours With Missing Tool In Its Engine
A Qantas Airbus A380 flew 34 times while a 4-foot-1-inch nylon tool — used to turn the engine’s intermediate-pressure compressor during borescope inspections — was wedged inside one of its Rolls-Royce Trent engines. It logged 294 flight hours between December 6, 2023 and January 1, 2024, but the news became public…
