Pointless Freeways, Exhaust Noise Cameras And Tunnels In This Week’s News Roundup
Usually, when a supercar owner gets themselves into dumb trouble, it’s a chance for us to all come together and point and laugh. Speeding tickets, aquatic adventures, we all love to see a rich asshole lose. But one Staten Island Lamborghini owner, tick...
Dangers Of A Digital ID, A Desert Gas Station That Knows What It’s Got And Dirty Tesla Cybertrucks In This Week’s News Roundup
This summer, gas prices are lower than they have been in the past. In some places though, some gas stations have a “I know what I have” attitude, resulting in some seriously high prices. One desert gas station is like this, and it doubles down on the p...
Hydrogen Bomb Mirai, ‘Pregnant’ Chinese Cars And Waymo Honks All Night In This Week’s News Roundup
The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle has hardly been an international sales success, thanks to poor hydrogen infrastructure, expense, and polarizing design, but it proved successful to Ukrainian forces which scavenged parts from the hyd...
A Miata With Honda Guts, A Snapped Cybertruck Frame And A Swiss Mine Full Of VWs In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup
Good morning! It’s Friday, August 9, 2024, 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 MoreRead more...
A Dirty Dealership, A Nice Van And A Dead Mitsubishi In This Week’s News Roundup
A Honda dealership in Bowie, Maryland is facing civil charges after it allegedly engaged in “unfair or deceptive trade practices at nearly every stage” of new vehicle sales, according to Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown. - Andy Kalmowitz Read Mo...
Recaro Automotive And Fanatec Go Belly Up In This Week’s News Roundup
I have broken my fair share of windshields. I’ve cracked them in the process of removing them from cars, I’ve cracked them tripping and falling, and I’ve even cracked them from inside by moving a seat forward with too much gusto. But I’ve never walked ...
Driving The ‘Beast’, Drinking The Mirai’s Exhaust And Slashing EV Production In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup
The Tesla Cybertruck has only been terrorizing America’s roads for a little over six months, but someone has already managed to get their massive electric pickup truck totalled. A plucky engineer bought the wrecked monstrosity and is attempting to brin...
Crooked HOAs, Supreme Court Justices And Politicians In This Week’s News Roundup
Home Owners Associations suck but one Florida HOA is particularly bad, as it is still enforcing a rule to keep pickup trucks out of driveways despite a state law protecting truck owners from such HOA overreach. - Lawrence Hodge Read MoreRead more...
Car Dealers And Supreme Court Justices Behaving Badly In This Week’s News Roundup
Trucks have replaced sedans and wagons as the everyday driver from thirty years ago, that’s just a fact. Remember when your friend’s mom in high school had a wagon with seats in “the way back” that folded out of the floor? What’s old is new again. Ram...
Fisker Fire Sale And Amazon Electric Delivery Vans On Literally On Fire In This Week’s News Roundup
Fisker officially filed for bankruptcy last month, and despite a “going out of business” sale that saw prices of its Ocean EV slashed by thousands, the automaker still has a few thousand leftovers that didn’t sell. Fisker may have found a buyer for all...