Teamsters Go On Massive Strike Against Amazon Days Before Christmas
Thousands of Teamsters union members went on strike against Amazon early Thursday morning at seven facilities in four states across the country. This, of course, is all happening at a deeply critical time of year for the online retail giant: the holiday season.
Liam Lawson Is Walking Right Into Red Bull's Trap
The old Red Bull is back. For the last decade, since Sebastian Vettel departed for Ferrari the energy drink team has fumbled through half a dozen junior team drivers who weren’t ready for the big leagues, promoted too soon and died on the vine. New Zealander Liam Lawson has been promoted to the second Red Bull seat,…
2,000 Drones Fall From The Sky After Failing During Light Show
Drone shows are meant to be the future of celebration as they’re a cleaner alternative to fireworks that don’t terrorize every animal within a five-mile radius. That’s not quite true when these shows go wrong and thousands of drones start falling from the sky, however, as was the case in China earlier this month.
NHTSA Says Never Mind To Massive Airbag Recall After Lengthy Fight With Automakers
Good morning! It’s Thursday, December 19, 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.
Bottas returns to Mercedes F1 team in 2025 as reserve driver
Prinx Chengshan Recalls Over Half A Million Winter Tires For Insufficient Snow Traction
I went to the Bridgestone Winter Driving School earlier this year, and experienced the difference between quality winter tires, three peak mountain snowflake-rated (3PMS) all-seasons, and regular all-season tires on snow and ice. As a native Angeleno, I had minimal prior experience with snow driving, so the learning…
NCM Insurance Agency Answers Your Questions on Collector Vehicle Insurance Policies
NASA’s Bigger, Faster New Space Helicopter Will Go Where Rovers Can’t
NASA carried out a record-breaking feat when it flew a man-made craft on the surface of another planet for the first time with the Ingenuity probe. The American space agency is now preparing for a repeat of this achievement with a new Martian helicopter that could be bigger, more powerful and reach places other rovers…
Waymo ready to take robotaxis to Japan
Honda Sells Spicy Electrical Tape To Stop Rodents Eating Your Wiring
Clever designers around the world have come up with all kinds of ingenious creations over the years. Mazda’s famed rotary engine is admired by many, the energy recovery systems in Formula 1 engines made them some of the most efficient in the world and now Honda has a special rodent-resistant tape that’s packed with…
What’s One Car That Everyone Should Drive At Least Once In their Lifetime?
There are a lot of universally loved cars out there, cars like the Ferrari F40 and the E-Type Jaguar have won thousands of adoring fans around the world. Sadly, we won’t all get to drive automotive icons like these in our lives, but I wondered if there are any cars that we really should try and get behind the wheel of…
Traffic Jams: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - ‘The Dead Flag Blues’
A little inside baseball: I just wrote up a Traffic Jam for Chappel Roan’s “Red Wine Supernova.” Let’s be honest though, people. Very few of us are feeling Chappel Roan right now. I’d wager many more of us are feeling Godspeed You! Black Emperor. “The Dead Flag Blues” are a bit more topical towards life today:
Liam Lawson replaces Sergio Perez at Red Bull F1 team
Rivian R1S: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2025 finalist
At $7,500, Would You Do A Lap Of Luxury In This 1976 Cadillac Seville?
One of Looney Tunes’ most famous cartoons is 1950’s The Rabbit of Seville, a short that pits Bugs Bunny against Elmer Fudd to the tune of Rossini’s opera buffa. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cadillac Seville might not be quite as zany, but we’ll still have to decide if its price bugs us.
