Automakers Are Pumping The Brakes On The EV Transition

Image: Cadilliac The transition to electric vehicles is supposed to be a matter of when not if. However, automakers are starting to seem a little hesitant about what resources they should pour into EV production. Manufacturers have had supply issues building electric vehicles as well as trouble actually selling the ones they have made. Now, …

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EV Sales Losing Juice? Release The Kraken, Er, Cybertruck

Tesla Cybertruck is one of the most anticipated vehicles this year. Credit: Tesla EV demand is weakening — that’s the media theme for Q4. But are people really not buying EVs now, as some media outlets say? Cox Automotive paints another picture. EV sales “set another record in Q3,” said Cox, which owns Kelley Blue …

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California Bans Cruise Robotaxis In San Francisco Over Safety Concerns

Photo: Justin Sullivan / Staff (Getty Images) The California Department of Motor Vehicles has banned General Motors’ Cruise robotaxis from operating in San Francisco. The suspension goes into effect immediately and only applies to Cruise vehicles that don’t include a human driver. Self-driving prototypes with a monitor behind the wheel will still be allowed to …

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Ford Might Cut Shift At F-150 Lightning Plant As Sales ‘Tanked’

Good morning! It’s Monday, October 16, 2023, 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 2024 Acura Integra Type S Transmission Will Make A Believer Out Of You 1st Gear: Shift Cut …

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Looking For The Union Label? Here Are The Vehicles Built Using Organized Labor

United Auto Workers members strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant in Lansing, … [+] Michigan. Getty Images With the United Auto Workers’ “stand up strike” now into its third week and the work stoppage having since expanded to Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant and GM’s Lansing-Delta Assembly Plant, the total number of striking UAW …

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Layoff packages were seven times the norm, says General Motors as workers begin an indefinite chain hunger strike

Mumbai: General Motors on Monday maintained that it has done everything possible to resolve amicably the deadlock with workers at its now-closed India factory near Pune, including offering compensation at seven times the statutory requirement, even as more than 1,000 sacked workers began an indefinite chain hunger strike. The striking former workers are protesting unemployment …

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Ford Stops Work On $3.5 Billion Michigan EV Battery Plant

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 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. This NYC Garage Takes Vanlife To The Next Level | Jalopnik Visits 1st Gear: Ford’s $3.5 Billion Battery …

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Musk’s Cybertruck Is Almost Here. Will Anyone Buy The ‘Ludicrous’ Vehicle?

Elon Musk at Cybertruck’s 2019 unveiling — after its “armor glass” windows failed a public test. Frederick J. Brown_/FP/Getty Images Elon Musk’s hard-edged electric reinterpretation of the pickup truck excites his fans, puzzles auto experts and seems “ludicrous” and unnecessary to environmentalists. Elon Musk’s vision for Tesla in a 2006 manifesto, before he was its …

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